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A number of state and district policies will have an impact on technology use in the K-12 classrooms. This blog runs through recent legal and policy changes in cell phone, social media, and generative artificial intelligence usage for students that are intended to help keep students safe online and create a school environment with fewer…
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This article explains how states rate schools and why one letter or number can obscure far more than it reveals.
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In today’s data-driven world, the way we analyze and interpret data can significantly impact decision-making and policy development. Disaggregating data allows us to uncover hidden trends and disparities that may be masked in aggregated statistics. This is especially vital in areas like education, where understanding the unique experiences of students, teachers, and principals can lead…
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The ECLS-K:2024 was poised to reveal how pandemic-era disruptions shaped the school readiness of today’s kindergarteners, but the study was canceled leaving parents and educators unsure as to how to help our youngest students succeed in school.
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Dr. Ken Elpus from UMD shares how losing access to rich, national data like NCES’ affects the field of arts education and downstream users of the data.
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By: Kathleen Flanagan, Ph.D. Department of Education Cuts The Federal Department of Education (ED) was largely decimated by the 2025 DOGE budget cuts. Staffing at the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), the research and measurement arm of ED responsible for running the federally mandated NAEP Program (e.g., the National Assessment of Educational Progress), was…
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According to data from the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), the average annual tuition and fees for full-time students at postsecondary institutions in the United States, after adjusting for inflation, roughly doubled from 2003–04 to 2023–24. Such increasing tuition and fees might influence students either to…
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Conferred Bachelor’s, Master’s, and Doctor’s Degrees in the Health Professions According to data from the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), the numbers of conferred degrees in healthcare programs at the bachelor’s, master’s, and doctor’s levels in the United States have increased in recent years. For decades,…
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Social media discussions about education often feature confident assertions that don’t hold up under scrutiny. Recently on Reddit, I encountered two typical claims about private and charter schools: “Many charter and private schools have vastly better student outcomes for far less money per-student.” “There are charter schools with near 100% college acceptance rates for seniors.…
