Reports and Fact Sheets
Achievement
Condition of Education
National Center for Education Statistics
Digest of Education Statistics
National Center for Education Statistics
Diplomas Count 2012: Trailing Behind, Moving Forward
Education Week
Leaders and Laggards: A State-by-State Report Card on Educational Effectiveness
U.S. Chamber of Commerce and the Center for American Progress
Nation’s Report Card
National Center for Education Statistics
Quality Counts 2012: The Global Challenge: Education in a Competitive World
Education Week
ADHD
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder Among Children Aged 5–17 Years in the United States, 1998–2009
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Diagnosed Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder and Learning Disability: United States, 2004-2006
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Adoption
Adoption USA: A Chartbook Based on the 2007 National Survey of Adoptive Parents
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
After-School Programs
The Evaluation of Enhanced Academic Instruction in After-School Programs: Findings After the First Year of Implementation
Institute of Education Sciences
Autism
Prevalence of Autism Spectrum Disorders — Autism and Developmental Disabilities Monitoring Network, 14 Sites, United States, 2008
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Behavior Problems
Efficacy of Schoolwide Programs to Promote Social and Character Development and Reduce Problem Behavior in Elementary School Children
National Center for Education Statistics
Reducing Behavior Problems in the Elementary School Classroom
What Works Clearinghouse
Bullying
Analysis of State Bullying Laws and Policies&
EMT Associates, Inc.
Bullying in Schools
Center for Problem-Oriented Policing
Predictors of Bullying and Victimization in Childhood and Adolescence: A Meta-analytic Study
School Psychology Quarterly
School Bullying Among Adolescents in the United States: Physical, Verbal, Relational, and Cyber
Journal of Adolescent Health
Social and Emotional Learning and Bullying Prevention
Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning
Student Reports of Bullying and Cyber-Bullying: Results from the 2009 School Crime Supplement to the National Crime Victimization Survey
National Center for Education Statistics
Charter Schools
Achievement and Attainment in Chicago Charter Schools&
Rand Corporation
Child Abuse and Neglect
Seclusions and Restraints: Selected Cases of Death and Abuse at Public and Private Schools and Treatment Centers
U.S. Government Accountability Office
The Recession and Child Maltreatment
First Focus
Child and Family Statistics
2012 Kids Count Data Book: State Trends& in Child Well-Being
The Annie E. Casey Foundation
America’s Children in Brief: Key National Indicators of Well-Being, 2012
Forum on Child and Family Statistics
Child and Youth Well-Being Index (CWI)
Foundation for Child Development
Federal, State, and Local Spending to Address Child Abuse and Neglect in SFY2006
Child Trends
Functional Difficulties Among School-Aged Children: United States, 2001-2007
National Health Statistics Reports
Crisis and Emergency Management
Emergency Management: Most School Districts Have Developed Emergency Management Plans, but Would Benefit from Additional Federal Guidance
U.S. Government Accountability Office
Prior Knowledge of Potential School-Based Violence: Information Students Learn May Prevent a Targeted Attack
U.S. Secret Service and U.S. Department of Education
Dating Violence
The Facts on Teens and Dating Violence
Family Violence Prevention Fund
Teen Dating Violence
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Disabilities
Access to Educational and Community Activities for Young Children with Disabilities
National Center for Education Statistics
Crime Against People with Disabilities, 2008
U.S. Department of Justice
National Longitudinal Transition Study-2 (NLTS2): Fact Sheets
National Center for Special Education Research
Patterns in the Identification of and Outcomes for Children and Youth With Disabilities
National Center for Education Evaluation and Regional Assistance
Post-High School Outcomes of Youth With Disabilities up to 4 Years After High School
National Center for Special Education Research
The State of Learning Disabilities 2011
National Center for Learning Disabilities
Discipline
Are Zero Tolerance Policies Effective in the Schools? An Evidentiary Review and Recommendations
American Psychological Association Zero Tolerance Task Force
How Can We Improve School Discipline?
Educational Researcher
Safety with Dignity: Alternatives to the Over-Policing of Schools
New York Civil Liberties Union and the Annenberg Institute for School Reform
Texas’ School-to-Prison Pipeline
Texas Appleseed
Dropout and Graduation
Cities in Crisis: A Special Analytic Report on High School Graduation
America’s Promise Alliance
Diplomas Count 2012: Trailing Behind, Moving Forward
Education Week
Dropout Prevention
What Works Clearinghouse
Dropout Risk Factors and Exemplary Programs: A Technical Report
National Dropout Prevention Center/Network
High School Dropout and Completion Rates in the United States: 2007
National Center for Education Statistics
Locating the School Dropout Crisis
Center for Research on the Education of Students Placed at Risk
Public School Graduates and Dropouts From the Common Core of Data: School Year 2008-09
National Center for Education Statistics
Trends in High School Drop Out and Completion Rates in the United States: 1972–2008
National Center for Education Statistics
Drug Abuse
Making Sense of Student Drug Testing: Why Educators are Saying No
American Civil Liberties Union and the Drug Policy Alliance
Monitoring the Future National Results on Adolescent Drug Use: Overview of Key Findings 2009
National Institute on Drug Abuse
2010 National Survey on Drug Use and Health
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
Perceptions of Risk from Substance Use Among Adolescents
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
Substate Estimates from the 2006-2008 National Surveys on Drug Use and Health
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
Early Intervention
Promoting Social-Emotional Well Being in Early Intervention Services: A Fifty-State View
National Center for Children in Poverty
Economic Conditions
Children in Poverty: Trends, Consequences, and Policy Options
Child Trends
The Effect of the Recession on Child Well-Being
First Focus
The Impact of the Mortgage Crisis on Children
First Focus
Turning Point: The Long Term Effects of Recession-Induced Child Poverty
First Focus
Education Statistics
Condition of Education
National Center for Education Statistics
Digest of Education Statistics
National Center for Education Statistics
Numbers and Types of Public Elementary and Secondary Local Education Agencies From the Common Core of Data: School Year 2009-10
National Center for Education Statistics
Projections of Education Statistics to 2020
National Center for Education Statistics
Public Elementary and Secondary School Student Enrollment and Staff From the Common Core of Data: School Year 2009-10
National Center for Education Statistics
Trends Among High School Seniors, 1972-2004
National Center for Education Statistics
Emotional Disturbance
U.S. Children 4-17 Years of Age Who Received Services for Emotional or Behavioral Difficulties: Preliminary Data from the 2005 National Health Inventory Survey
National Center for Health Statistics
Financing Services for Children and Youth
Big Ideas for Children: Investing in Our Nation’s Future
First Focus
Children's Budget 2012
First Focus
Federal Outlook for Exceptional Children
Council for Exceptional Children
Kids’ Share 2012: Report on Federal Expenditures on Children through 2011
The Brookings Institution and the Urban Institute
Public Financing of Home and Community Services for Children and Youth with Serious Emotional Disturbances: Selected State Strategies
Mathematica Policy Research, Inc.
Return on Educational Investment: A District-by-District Evaluation of U.S. Educational Productivity
Center for American Progress
Revenues and Expenditures for Public Elementary and Secondary School Districts: School Year 2008–09
National Center for Education Statistics
The President’s 2013 Budget
First Focus
Foster Children
Children on the Outside: Voicing the Pain and Human Costs of Parental Incarceration
Justice Strategies
Legal Center for Foster Care and Education
American Bar Association
Homelessness
Homeless Children and Youth: Causes and Consequences
National Center for Children in Poverty
Hunger and Homelessness Survey
The United States Conference of Mayors
IDEA
Thirtieth Annual Report to Congress on the Implementation of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, Parts B and C
U.S. Department of Education
Immigration
Legal Issues for School Districts Related to the Education of Undocumented Children
National School Boards Association and National Education Association
Juvenile Justice
Blueprint for Change: A Comprehensive Model for the Identification and Treatment of Youth with Mental Health Needs in Contact with the Juvenile Justice System
National Center for Mental Health and Juvenile Justice
From Time Out to Hard Time: Young Children in the Adult Criminal Justice System
University of Texas at Austin
Substance Abuse and Delinquent Behavior Among Serious Adolescent Offenders
Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Programs
Tools for Promoting Educational Success and Reducing Delinquency
National Association of State Directors of Special Education and the Disability Rights Network
Youth Under Age 18 in the Adult Criminal Justice System
National Council on Crime and Delinquency
Mental Health
Children's Mental Health: What Every Policymaker Should Know
National Center for Children in Poverty
The Mental Health of Adolescents: A National Profile, 2008
National Adolescent Health Information Center
Major Depressive Episode Among Youths Aged 12 to 17 in the United States: 2004 to 2006
The NSDUH Report
Preventing Mental, Emotional, and Behavioral Disorders Among Young People: Progress and Possibilities
Board on Children, Youth, and Families
The Mental and Emotional Well-Being of Children: A Portrait of States and the Nation 2007
Health Resources and Services Administration
Mental Health Services
Early Childhood Mental Health Services: Four State Case Studies
National Association of State Directors of Special Education
Mental Health, United States, 2010
Center for Mental Health Services
National Expenditures for Mental Health Services and Substance Abuse Treatment, 1993-2003
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
The Role of Mental Health Services in Promoting Safe and Secure Schools
Hamilton Fish Institute on School and Community Violence and Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory
Use of Mental Health Services in the Past 12 Months by Children Aged 4-17 Years: United States, 2005-2006
National Center for Health Statistics
Military Families
Strengthening Our Military Families: Meeting America’s Commitment
U.S. Departments of Defense, Veterans Affairs, and Homeland Security
Support for Adolescents Who Experience Parental Military Deployment
Journal of Adolescent Health
The Impact of Parental Deployment on Child Social and Emotional Functioning: Perspectives of School Staff
Journal of Adolescent Health
Minority Populations
Status and Trends in the Education of Racial and Ethnic Minorities
National Center for Education Statistics
No Child Left Behind
Beyond NCLB: Fulfilling the Promise to Our Nation’s Children
The Commission on No Child Left Behind
Rewards & Roadblocks: How Special Education Students are Faring Under No Child Left Behind
National Center for Learning Disabilities
Obesity
Prevalence of Obesity Among Children and Adolescents: United States, Trends 1963-1965 Through 2007-2008
National Center for Health Statistics
Poverty
Children in Poverty
Child Trends, Inc.
Income, Expenditures, Poverty, and Wealth
U.S. Census Bureau
Prevention
Benefits and Costs of Prevention and Early Intervention Programs for Youth
Washington State Institute for Public Policy&
Blueprints for Violence Prevention
Center for the Study and Prevention of Violence
Impacts of a Violence Prevention Program for Middle Schools
National Center for Educational Evaluation and Regional Assistance
Preventing Mental, Emotional, and Behavioral Disorders Among Young People: Progress and Possibilities
Board on Children, Youth, and Families
Promotion and Prevention in Mental Health: Strengthening Parenting and Enhancing Child Resilience
Center for Mental Health Services
Standards of Evidence: Criteria for Efficacy, Effectiveness and Dissemination
Society for Prevention Research
Suicide Prevention in the Schools
Center for School Mental Health Analysis and Action
Privacy and Confidentiality
Basic Concepts and Definitions for Privacy and Confidentiality in Student Education Records
National Center for Education Statistics
Forum Guide to the Privacy of Student Information: A Resource for Schools
National Forum on Education Statistics
Private School Voucher Programs
Evaluation of the DC Opportunity Scholarship Program: Impacts After Three Years
Institute of Education Sciences
Psychotropic Drugs
Emergency Department Visits Involving Accidental Ingestion of Drugs by Children Aged 5 or Younger
Drug Abuse Warning Network
Prescription Drug Use Continues to Increase: U.S. Prescription Drug Data for 2007-2008
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Preventing Mental, Emotional, and Behavioral Disorders Among Young People: Progress and Possibilities
The National Academies
Psychotropic Drugs and Children: A 2007 Update
Center for Health and Health Care in Schools
Pupil Services Personnel
Effective Pupil Services: Research, Data, and References
National Alliance of Pupil Services Organizations
Rural Education
Status of Education in Rural America
National Center for Education Statistics
School Climate
From Teasing to Torment: School Climate in America: A Survey of Students and Teachers
Harris Interactive, Inc.
2011 National School Climate Survey: LGBT Youth Face Pervasive, But Decreasing Levels of Harassment
Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network
School Connectedness
School Connectedness: Strategies for Increasing Protective Factors Among Youth
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
The Case for School-Based Integration of Services: Changing the Way Students, Families and Communities Engage With Their Schools
Public/Private Ventures
School Crime and Safety
Children's Exposure to Violence: A Comprehensive National Survey
U.S. Department of Justice
Crime Against People with Disabilities, 2007
U.S. Department of Justice
Crime, Violence, Discipline, and Safety in U.S. Public Schools
National Center for Education Statistics
Guide for Preventing and Responding to School Violence (Second Edition)
Bureau of Justice Assistance
Indicators of School Crime and Safety: 2011
National Center for Education Statistics and Bureau of Justice Statistics
Prior Knowledge of Potential School-Based Violence: Information Students Learn May Prevent a Targeted Attack
U.S. Secret Service and U.S. Department of Education
Protect Children, Not Guns
Children's Defense Fund
Safe With Dignity: Alternatives to the Over-Policing of Schools
New York Civil Liberties Union and the Annenberg Institute for School Reform
School Survey on Crime and Safety
National Center for Education Statistics
Student Victimization in U.S. Schools: Results From the 2005 School Crime Supplement to the National Crime Victimization Survey
National Center for Education Statistics
Surveillance for Violent Deaths, National Violent Death Report System, 16 States, 2005
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Violence by Teenage Girls: Trends and Context
Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention
School Health
Healthier Students Are Better Learners: A Missing Link in School Reforms to Close the Achievement Gap
Campaign for Educational Equity
School Health Policies and Programs Study
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
School Health Profiles
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
School Mental Health
Children’s Mental Health: Facts for Policymakers
Mailman School of Public Health
School-Based Mental Health: An Empirical Guide for Decision-Makers
Research and Training Center for Children’s Mental Health
School Mental Health Services in the United States: 2002-2003
Center for Mental Health Services, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
Sexual Minority Youth
A Report on the Status of Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender People in Education
National Education Association
From Teasing to Torment: School Climate in America: A Survey of Students and Teachers
Harris Interactive, Inc.
2011 National School Climate Survey: LGBT Youth Face Pervasive, But Decreasing Levels of Harassment
Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network
Social and Character Development
Efficacy of Schoolwide Programs to Promote Social and Character Development and Reduce Problem Behavior in Elementary School Children
National Center for Education Statistics
Social and Emotional Learning
School-Wide Program Reduces Problem Behaviors and Improves Academic Outcomes
National Institute on Drug Abuse
Strategies for Social and Emotional Learning: Preschool and Elementary Grade Student Learning Standards and Assessment
National Center for Mental Health Promotion and Youth Violence Prevention and Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional
The Impact of Enhancing Students’ Social and Emotional Learning: A Meta-Analysis of School-Based Universal Interventions
Child Development
Stigma
Mental Health America Attitudinal Survey, Part IV: Understanding of and Attitudes Towards Mental Illness
Mental Health America
Youth and Mental Health Stigma
Research and Training Center on Family Support and Children’s Mental Health at Portland State University and Harris Interactive, Inc.
Student Mobility
K-12 Education: Many Challenges Arise in Education Students Who Change School Frequently
U.S. Government Accountability Office
Technology
Technology Counts: STEM: The Push to Improve Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics
Education Week
Testing Accommodations
State Testing Accommodations: A Look at Their Value and Validity
National Center for Learning Disabilities
Transition to Adulthood
America’s Youth: Transitions to Adulthood
National Center for Education Statistics
Violence and Aggression
Children’s Exposure to Violence: A Comprehensive National Survey
Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention
Violent Behaviors and Family Income among Adolescents
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
Youth Risk Behaviors
Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance—United States, 2011
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Zero Tolerance
Are Zero Tolerance Policies Effectives in the Schools: An Evidentiary Review and Recommendations
American Psychological Association Zero Tolerance Task Force
Safety First: A Reality-Based Approach to Drug Education and School Discipline
Drug Policy Alliance
Test, Punish, and Push Out: How "Zero Tolerance" and High-Stakes Testing Funnel Youth into the School-To-Prison Pipeline
Advancement Project