Department of Education

This report (PDF 54 pages) offers a comprehensive review of education during the coronavirus pandemic. It contains data spanning from early childhood to postsecondary and beyond, and covers topics such as enrollment, student achievement, teacher openings, and public school strategies for pandemic recovery. This report is designed to provide high ...

This resource summarizes investigations involving student discipline policies or practices that ED and DOJ have conducted under the nondiscrimination laws and regulations they enforce. The resource highlights how the departments have applied the law to facts and demonstrates the remedies they obtained. This resource also provides steps school districts can ...

This letter from Secretary Miguel Cardona to chief state school officers and district and school leaders confirms the Department’s belief that religious freedom in and outside of public schools has been and continues to be vital to the strength of our country and our democracy.

This webpage features a series of four fact sheets that describe best practices and approaches to help support and respond to students’ social, emotional, behavioral, and academic needs, including practices to reduce the use of exclusionary discipline in schools. Each of these fact sheets is tailored to a specific audience ...

This report (PDF, 25 pages) examines the effectiveness of customized text messages in increasing college enrollment rates among adults receiving services from Educational Opportunity Centers (EOCs). The study compares the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) completion and college enrollment rates of a group who received automated text messages ...

This set of toolkits helps parents, educators, and administrators support students who are English Language Learners. Learn more. 

The Better FAFSA, Better Future webinar series will provide guidance on the implementation of the FAFSA Simplification Act, the FUTURE Act, and what schools need to know about changes for the 2024–25 award year. FSA staff will present 10 webinars in June and July. A video recording and transcript of ...

This fact sheet (PDF, 7 pages) explores emergency management planning considerations and challenges that are unique to private schools. The fact sheet describes challenges and considerations for private schools and provides a six-step planning process for the development and implementation of school emergency operations plans (EOPs). This resource also includes ...

This report (PDF, 21 pages) summarizes the available evidence on the effects of Good Behavior Game on student and teacher outcomes. The Good Behavior Game is a classroom management strategy that aims to improve social skills, minimize disruptive behaviors, and create a positive learning environment. Learn more.  ...

This webinar recording features a panel discussion with students and experts on how youth-serving adults can best support students transitioning from non-traditional settings, such as alternative schools, to traditional school settings. Panelists discussed how teachers and school staff can create a more welcoming and positive learning environment and provided examples ...