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These data files offer data at state, district, and school levels and include staff counts by professional category, as well as student membership disaggregated by grade, race/ethnicity, and sex. Also included are school-level counts of students eligible for free and reduced-price lunch.

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This blog post announces a new National Research and Development (R&D) Center focusing on K-12 teacher recruitment and retention policy: the Center for Longitudinal Data in Education Research - Teacher Recruitment & Retention (CALDER-R&R). This Center will examine policies addressing teacher shortages and their impact on teachers, student learning, and equity. The policies address a range of shortage areas and operate at multiple stages of the teacher pipeline.

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Date: February 3, 2025
Location: Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center, National Harbor, MD

This event dedicated to the prevention of substance use will explore current, emerging, and innovative strategies, policies, programs, practices, and research. The 2025 theme, "Telling the Prevention Story," underscores sharing the successes of prevention and inspiring action. Prevention practitioners, advocates, scientists, leaders (community, state, tribal, federal), and consumers are encouraged to attend. Learn more and register.

This online quiz tests participants’ knowledge of nutrition and helps them find resources rooted in USDA Dietary Guidelines and personalized to their needs.

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This report highlights the difficulties reported by student borrowers due to persistent loan servicing failures and program disruptions. The report details how student borrowers have received relief through new income-driven repayment plans, cancellation programs, and various adjustments and program automation processes. However, borrowers indicate that servicing breakdowns, including inaccurate information provided by servicers, improperly processed payments, and delayed income driven payment applications have stymied their return to repayment.

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This resource (PDF, 42 pages) can help counselors and mentors guide students and their families through the 2025–26 Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA®) form.

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This article discusses new research that shows that a substantial proportion of teachers experience victimization from their students and are often dissatisfied by the school’s response. Teachers tended to be more satisfied with that response if the environment fosters procedural justice.

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These data files detail information from the schools’ perspective on the incidence, frequency, seriousness, and nature of violence affecting students and school personnel, as well as on the practices and programs schools have implemented to promote school safety.

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This report (PDF, 3 pages) presents data on virtual and hybrid volunteering, two new ways of participating in volunteer work that can make service more accessible by removing geographic restrictions and increasing flexibility.

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These exchange programs seek to develop leadership skills and civic and global responsibility among young people in the United States and abroad. Youth and young adults are encouraged to apply to these two programs: 

• Youth Ambassadors Algeria 
• Iraqi Young Leaders Exchange Program (IYLEP) 

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This fellowship program invites youth ages 16 to 18 to participate in an intensive four-week exchange program on the campus of Purdue University. Participants will attend a combination of interactive classes, seminars, workshops, webinars, and teleconferences presented by prominent scholars and specialists in international relations, diplomacy, communication, media, and civic education. Learn more and apply.

This resource (PDF, 104 pages) presents evidence for preventing violence experienced by young people ages 10-34. The resource is intended to help communities and states prevent violence before it starts and lessen the harms of violence that occurs by describing the best available evidence for community violence prevention. Learn more (PDF, 104 pages).

This report (PDF, 34 pages) highlights lessons learned from SAMHSA’s ReCAST grant program to uplift the voices of communities impacted by violence. The report also shares strategies that other communities can implement to promote healing, recovery and resiliency. Learn more.

This compilation of resources (PDF, 7 pages) includes best practices on understanding, coping, and addressing trauma and behavioral health needs in the aftermath of violence. The list features resources for and about children, youth, and young adults; parents and caregivers; schools; and responders, as well as information about relevant SAMHSA programs. Learn more.

This tip sheet (PDF, 4 pages) provides information about the signs of grief and anger after community violence, as well as how to cope with grief, including tips specific for helping children. The resource is designed for individuals impacted by gun violence and provides hotline numbers and treatment locators for those who may want further support. Learn more.

This program is designed to help kids ages 8-12 develop and apply analytical skills about privacy and online safety, digital citizenship, understanding advertising, and spot­ting scams through a series of activities. Learn more.

This report (PDF, 114 pages) explores findings from a nationwide study which sought to identify the policies, practices, and processes that underlie strong collaborations to transition youth and young adults with disabilities into the workforce. Learn more (PDF, 114 pages).

This brief examines the extent to which federal afterschool and youth development programs are aligned with recommended practices to promote well-being and healthy development. Recommended practices include: 

• positive relationships 
• rich learning experiences and knowledge development 
• environments filled with safety and belonging 
• the development of skills, habits, and mindsets integrated support systems 

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Closing date for entries: January 31, 2025, 11:59 pm ET

In this essay challenge, K–12 students are invited to plan a mission that uses Radioisotope Power Systems (RPS) to a dark, dusty, or far away moon in our solar system.

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This Network Watch presents drug street names that appeared in DAWN (Drug Reference Vocabulary) data for the first time from January 2023 to August 2024. Understanding drug slang improves communication and awareness, helps identify substance abuse, and can avoid misunderstandings of the substances involved in street drugs.

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