School Climate

Strategies for helping students feel safe and respected at school

Report

Teacher Mindsets: How Educators’ Perspectives Shape Student Success

Authored byCraig Wacker, Lynn Olson

How teachers’ attitudes, beliefs, and classroom practices fortify students’ investment in learning

Explainer

Restorative Practices for School Discipline, Explained

Authored byNathalie Kirsch

An alternative, equitable approach to discipline

Report

School Climate Surveys in State ESSA Plans

Authored byPhyllis W. Jordan, Laura Hamilton

Why and how states are using school climate surveys to help identify struggling schools

From the Field

Q&A: Kraft on Why Small Classroom Interruptions are a Big Problem

Research on the impact of classroom disruptions on learning

From the Field

Take Away Students’ Cell Phones to Rebuild Belonging

The importance of relationships to student engagement

Report

CORE Lessons: Measuring the Social and Emotional Sides of Student Success

Authored byThomas Toch, Raegen Miller

California’s CORE school districts’ use of student, teacher and parent surveys of school climate to drive school improvement

From the Field

How School Suspensions Affect Student Achievement

Research into the negative effects of suspensions on academic success

Firearm-related Deaths

4,357

Firearm-related deaths among children in 2020
30%

Increase in firearm-related deaths among children between 2019-2020

Source: NPR analysis

Bullying

43%

Transgender students who reported having been bullied at school, 2019
17%

Cisgender students

Source: The Brookings Institution's analysis of the CDC's Youth Risk Behavior Survey

Parents’ Support of School Security Measures

43%

Public school parents who support armed teachers
82%

Armed police

Source: PDK Poll conducted June 17-25, 2022

Perceptions of School Safety

79%

School leaders who rate their school extremely or very safe
53%

Students who rate their school extremely or very safe

Source: NASSP's Survey of America’s School Leaders and High School Students

From the Field

Research Notes: In-School Health Centers Reduce Suspensions

Authored byElena Koshkin

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Parsing the Evidence on Social-Emotional Learning’s Impact

Authored byJill Barshay

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Q&A: Backes on New Ways of Measuring Teachers’ Impact on Student Success

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Explainer

Restorative Practices for School Discipline, Explained

Authored byNathalie Kirsch

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From the Field

Research Notes: Long-Term Success in Community Schools: Evidence from New York City

Authored byNathalie Kirsch

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Commentary

To Help Kids Catch up Academically, Let’s Focus on Friendships

Authored byAndrew Buher

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From the Field

The Thin Blue Line in Schools: New Evidence on School-Based Policing

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Explainer

Mental and Physical Health

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Report

Changing the Narrative: The Push for New Equity Measures in Education

Authored byLynn Olson, Thomas Toch

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The Short- and Long-term Benefits of School-based Mentoring

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Pollution’s Troubling Consequences in the Classroom

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School Resource Officers, Discipline and the Feeling of Safety

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