Department of Education

ED has added 27 new FAQs to the FAQ on Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief (ESSER) Programs, and Governor’s Emergency Education Relief (GEER) Programs. They have also added revisions to eight existing FAQs. The purpose of this document is to answer Frequently Asked Questions about how funding under the ...

This report (PDF, 14 pages) summarizes the available evidence on the effects of dual language programs on student outcomes. The report discusses preliminary findings on dual language programs’ effects on English literacy as well as findings on the implementation and cost of these programs. Learn more.   ...

This infographic (PDF, 2 pages) provides tips, resources, and guidance to help schools prevent the spread of infectious diseases. Examples of actions schools can take include hand hygiene, cleaning and disinfecting, and ventilation. Additional resources are provided. Learn more (PDF, 2 pages).  ...

This study examined the feasibility and effectiveness of using email and text message communications (called nudges) to increase the number of parent and guardian visits to the Reading Initiative for Student Excellence (R.I.S.E.) state literacy website. Learn more. 

This report (PDF, 24 pages) is designed to support charter school leaders’ efforts to achieve educational equity by focusing on one key strategy — building a pipeline of teachers of color through effective recruiting, hiring, and sustaining strategies. Learn more. 

The National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) released findings from the October School Pulse Panel (SPP) survey from a collection of public schools in four U.S. Outlying Areas. These SPP data examine staffing, U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) School Meal programs, school supply chain issues, learning mode offerings, and quarantine ...

The director of the Office of Special Education Programs launched a new blog series that will explain topics of interest related to the discipline and behavior guidance package released by her office this past summer. The blog series will discuss topics such as alternatives to exclusionary discipline, informal removals, discipline ...

This resource (PDF, 5 pages) summarizes data patterns and provides analyses of the relationship between internet access and academic performance. It also investigates differences in student access to the Internet by poverty level. Learn more. 

This resource (PDF, 5 pages) examines differences in postsecondary enrollment status by students’ high school locale (city, suburban, town, and rural) in the following three ways:   Differences in enrollment status immediately following students’ expected year of high school graduation.   Differences in the enrollment status of students 3 years after their expected year ...

This resource (PDF, 5 pages) compares, by locale, the percentages of specific types of staff employed by districts and overall staffing levels—as measured by pupil/staff and pupil/teacher ratios—in public elementary and secondary schools and school systems using data reported by public schools and districts. Learn more.  ...