Student Experience

How students experience school and its impact on attendance, motivation and academic success

Commentary

An Important Piece of the Student Motivation Puzzle

Authored byChris S. Hulleman, Teresa Hulleman

Motivation as an important predictor of student achievement

From the Field

How School Suspensions Affect Student Achievement

Research into the negative effects of suspensions on academic success

Commentary

Mental Health in High School: The Teacher’s Perspective

Authored byMichael Goldstein

The challenges that teachers face in dealing with student mental health

Commentary

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

Authored byAndrew Buher

How strong relationships fuel social-emotional development and wellness

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

Commentary

School-Based Health Care is Key to Helping Student Succeed

Authored byMario Ramirez, Andrew Buher

The case for expanding school-based health care

Girls’ Mental Health

57%

Teen girls who reported feeling persistently sad or hopeless in 2021
36%

Teen girls who reported feeling persistently sad or hopeless in 2011

Source: CDC

Student-Counselor Ratio

408

Average number of students per counselor in schools, 2021-22
250

Recommended number of students per counselor in schools

Source: Chalkbeat

Student Mental Health

28%

High school students who felt connected to others at school experiencing poor mental health
45%

High school students who did not feel connected experiencing poor mental health

Source: April 2022 CDC report

School Mental Health Professionals

8%

Districts with the recommended ratio of school psychologists to students, 2020-21
14%

Districts with the recommended ratio of counselors to students

Source: Education Week analysis

COVID-19 Mental Health Impacts

87%

Public schools that agree that the pandemic negatively impacted students' socioemotional development
70%

Public schools that report an increase in students seeking mental health services

Source: Institute of Education Sciences 2022 School Pulse Panel

Explainer

Legislative Tracker: 2023 Parent-Rights Bills in the States

Authored byBella DiMarco

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Commentary

A New Strategy for Driving Educational Equity

Authored byDelia Kimbrel

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From the Field

Research Notes: Who Refers Whom? Teachers and Disciplinary Referrals

Authored byBenito Aranda-Comer

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Explainer

Restorative Practices for School Discipline, Explained

Authored byNathalie Kirsch

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From the Field

Q&A: Teaching Students to Manage Their Stress

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Commentary

A Strategy for Re-Engaging Students Post-Pandemic

Authored byPaul Reville, Lynne Sacks

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From the Field

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

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From the Field

Second Time’s the Charm? Repeat Student-Teacher Matches

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From the Field

Does Teacher Professional Development Improve Student Learning?

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From the Field

Take Away Students’ Cell Phones to Rebuild Belonging

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From the Field

Getting Tough? The Effects of Discretionary Principal Discipline on Student Outcomes

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Commentary

How Medicaid Can Help Schools Sustain Support for Students’ Mental Health

Authored byPhyllis W. Jordan, Anne Dwyer, Bella DiMarco, Margaux Johnson-Green

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