According to the most recent KIDS COUNT Data Book by the Annie E. Casey Foundation, child well-being has stagnated since 2000, after improvements in the 1990s.
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The Children’s Defense Fund has released The State of America’s Children 2011, a comprehensive look at child well-being in the United States with a focus on racial and ethnic differences
The U.S. Department of Education released data on disparities in educational resources and opportunities for students across the country.
A policy alert from the National Center for Public Policy and Higher Education calls attention to the increasing importance of community colleges.
An interactive website from the Community Research Institute at the Johnson Center at Grand Valley State University provides custom maps and charts of traditional, charter and private schools along with selected demographic indicators. Clicking on a specific school brings up school-level data and a comparison tool. Related information on Michigan education can be found…
Results of the National Assessment of Educational Progress showed that few students were proficient in American history: 20% of 4th graders, 17% of 8th graders and 12% of high school seniors demonstrated proficiency on the exam in 2010.
A Call for Change: The Social and Educational Factors Contributing to the Outcomes of Black Males in Urban Schools presents an analysis of data from the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) on how Black males are performing academically.
A new report by the American Council on Education examines educational attainment trends by gender and race/ethnicity. It finds that each generation of young women in the United States continues to reach higher levels of postsecondary attainment. In 2007, women earned 62% of all associate degrees and 57% of bachelor’s degrees.
Large increases in the number of homeless students has led school districts to make extraordinary efforts to keep kids in school, from providing special transportation to helping families locate temporary shelters.