Student Experience

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

An Important Piece of the Student Motivation Puzzle

Motivation as an important predictor of student achievement

How School Suspensions Affect Student Achievement

Research into the negative effects of suspensions on academic success

Mental Health in High School: The Teacher’s Perspective

The challenges that teachers face in dealing with student mental health

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

How strong relationships fuel social-emotional development and wellness

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

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

School-Based Health Care is Key to Helping Student Succeed

The case for expanding school-based health care

Student Experience

By the Numbers

School Psychologists

  • 1,127

    Average students per school psychologist

  • 500

    Recommended students per school psychologist

Source: National Association of School Psychologists

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

Student Experience

All Work

A Long-Term Strategy for Funding High-Quality Tutoring

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The Looming Medicaid Crisis for Children—and Schools

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Parsing the Evidence on Social-Emotional Learning’s Impact

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Research Notes: The Impact of Mentoring on Student Success

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New Insights into Motivating Students

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Trauma-Informed Teaching, Explained

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Legislative Tracker: 2023 Parent-Rights Bills in the States

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A New Strategy for Driving Educational Equity

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Research Notes: Who Refers Whom? Teachers and Disciplinary Referrals

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Restorative Practices for School Discipline, Explained

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Q&A: Teaching Students to Manage Their Stress

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A Strategy for Re-Engaging Students Post-Pandemic

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The Churn

The latest leadership changes in the education sector

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