Announcements

These files and web tables offer data at state, district, and school levels and include staff counts by professional category, as well as student membership disaggregated by grade, race/ethnicity, and sex. Also included are school-level counts of students eligible for free and reduced-price lunch. Learn more.

This fact sheet (PDF, 2 pages) describes the risks of nitazenes, synthetic opioids similar to fentanyl that can match or surpass fentanyl’s potency. Learn more (PDF, 2 pages). 

This resource (PDF, 2 pages) helps guide clinicians through their decision making with adolescent patients from screening for substance use disorders through diagnosis and treatment. Learn more (PDF, 2 pages).  

This report (PDF, 22 pages) examines how a nationally representative set of school districts reported spending their Title IV-A funds in the 2021–22 school year and viewed the combination of flexibilities and constraints associated with the funds at a time when schools were still managing pandemic-related disruptions. Learn more (PDF, 22 pages).  

This program, which has released updated data for 2024, produces single-year estimates of income and poverty for all U.S. states and counties as well as estimates of school-age children in poverty for all 13,000+ school districts. Learn more. 

This website explains how individuals and organizations can play an important role in helping youth reject or quit vaping and all other tobacco products. It offers guidance for parents and caregivers; educators; health care providers; and states, tribes, communities, and territories. Learn more.

This report (PDF, 25 pages) examines the challenges that Full-Service Community Schools (FSCS) program grantees and their partner schools reported facing in the first year of implementing their grants. Data for this study snapshot come from the Common Core of Data and surveys of fiscal year 2023 FSCS grantees and their partner schools. Grant awards were made in November 2023, and surveys were administered from May through October 2024. Learn more.

This podcast episode explores the role sports can play in protecting young people and supporting healthy development—both on and off the field. Learn more. 

This website helps school leaders build partnerships to ease coordination during emergencies, assess their school’s needs, and develop an emergency operations plan (EOP). It also provides guidance on gathering emergency supplies and conducting training and exercises to familiarize staff members and students with the EOP and teach them a variety of emergency preparedness and first aid skills. Learn more.  

This toolkit supports algebra educators in implementing evidence-based recommendations described in the What Works Clearinghouse Teaching Strategies for Improving Algebra Knowledge in Middle and High School Students practice guide. Learn more.

In this activity, students will encode and decode planetary images in binary code to simulate data transmissions from a distant spacecraft. This lesson can be leveled for various grades and skill levels. Learn more.  

This online resource teaches 11- to 14-year-olds healthy relationship skills to prevent violence before it starts. The toolkit’s evidence-based approach includes seven components for individuals, peers, families, schools, and neighborhoods that work together to prevent dating violence and other risk behaviors. This website has everything needed to implement the components, including trainings, implementation guidance, program materials, and many other resources. Learn more.  

This toolkit helps educators put into practice recommendations from the What Works Clearinghouse practice guide Providing Reading Interventions for Students in Grades 4–9. The toolkit includes educator implementation tools, five online professional learning modules, professional learning community facilitator resources, and resources for instructional leaders, toolkit coordinators, and district leaders. Learn more.  

This podcast episode explores the role parents play in preventing substance misuse and supporting their children through difficult moments. Learn more.

This online resource helps users learn about data collection and monitoring around adverse childhood experiences and positive childhood experiences, assess and understand different data sources, and turn data into action. Learn more.

This toolkit supports the implementation of the What Works Clearinghouse Using Technology to Support Postsecondary Student Learning practice guide at postsecondary institutions. The toolkit consists of a professional learning course as well as institutional guidelines and resources. Learn more.  

This website provides resources that help readers recognize youth exploitation, which can take many forms. Exploitation can involve the use of threats, manipulation, or force to get someone to do something they do not want to do for the benefit of another person. Learn more.

This webpage is designed to help informal educators—museum facilitators, science center staff, librarians, and community leaders—teach youth about the discovery of the first planet orbiting another star. The page features a scaffolded narrative paired with curated resources and ready-to-use activities. Learn more.

This bulletin (PDF, 4 pages) describes bromazolam, a growing presence in the United States illicit drug supply. Learn more (PDF, 4 pages).  

This patient case training module provides clinicians with an overview of how to identify, assess, and address adolescent substance use effectively. Learn more.