Office of Elementary and Secondary Education

This webpage describes a mixed-methods study conducted by ED's Region 9 Comprehensive Center to provide insights and strategies for supporting a diverse teacher workforce to strengthen student learning in schools and districts. The webpage describes findings that align with each of Secretary Miguel Cardona’s four priority areas:  Support students through pandemic ...

This self-paced course is designed to increase awareness and understanding of how to design professional learning experiences that are high quality, engaging, and aligned with adult learning principles. Learn more.   

This guide offers strategies for engaging with and using the Summer and Afterschool Needs Assessment to diagnose needs and strengths, support continuous improvement processes, and better connect program providers to expertise and resources in the community. Learn more. 

The Summer and Afterschool Needs Assessment helps youth-serving programs and organizations learn best practices for planning and delivering high-quality summer and afterschool programs and identify areas where they might benefit from guidance or support. The needs assessment provides organizations with a better understanding of their strengths and needs and connects ...

This infographic shares steps to help parents coach their child’s literacy learning at home. Tips on providing feedback and offering other coaching support to break down difficult tasks are provided. Learn more. 

In this webinar, presenters discussed the causes of bullying behavior and the impacts of bullying. Experts defined and discussed the impacts of identity-based bullying and explored strategies for improving school climate to lessen identity-based bullying. Learn more. 

This webinar recording discusses practical, ready-to-use strategies for preventing sexual violence and other gender-based violence in the secondary school setting. This webinar featured a roundtable of educators, prevention experts, and other officials describing actual practices, strategies, and lessons learned in their efforts to support prevention and reduce the incidence of ...

This webpage explains why it is essential for educators and policymakers to understand and respond to the needs of today’s youth through a lens of culturally responsive pedagogy. The webpage features videoclips, Q&A, discussion highlights, and links to related resources. Learn more. 

This animated video offers advice for the school improvement process that was suggested by members of the Equity and School Improvement Community of Practice. The video includes advice within these five areas of the school improvement process:   Designation of low performing schools  Crafting messages  Setting planning requirements  Supporting changes  Sustaining improvements  Learn more.  ...

The brief (PDF, 5 pages) shares how colleges and universities can collaborate with schools to build comprehensive mental health systems. Specific strategies to accelerate advancement of K-12 school mental health systems are provided. Learn more (PDF, 5 pages).