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Region 2 Comprehensive Center

The U.S. faces persistent problems in its education systems, including opportunity gaps, that negatively impact students’ learning and achievement. Changing the systems is complex. State education...

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Opportunity 2.0

In the Philippines, as many as 3 million youth aged 16–24 are not in school, are not gainfully employed, and have not finished college or postsecondary education. While the Philippine government has...

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Recruitment and Retention of Home Visitors

Recruitment and Retention of Home VisitorsThis EDC brief spotlights the challenges that home visiting programs face in recruiting and retaining staff. The authors describe how home visiting programs...

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Balancing Competing Priorities: Preventing Substance Misuse during COVID-19

October 20, 2020Melanie AdlerChelsey GoddardDuring the COVID-19 pandemic, alcohol has been deemed an “essential” commodity. Restrictions on alcohol delivery and Internet sales have loosened...

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Preparing the Public Health Community for Autonomous Vehicles: A Resource Guide

Preparing the Public Health Community for Autonomous Vehicles: A Resource GuideThis resource guide, developed to help injury prevention and other public health practitioners, highlights current...

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Comprehensive Framework for Law Enforcement Suicide Prevention

IACP-NOSI-Framework.pdfThe Comprehensive Framework for Law Enforcement Suicide Prevention is a guide for police agencies to implement strategic, holistic, and intentional suicide prevention strategies...

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Investigating the Relationship between Adherence to Connecticut’s Teacher...

Visit ResourceThis study examined the extent to which Connecticut's Teacher Education and Mentoring (TEAM) Program was implemented as planned and whether fidelity of implementation helped to retain...

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Women Veterans in STEM

The roughly 2 million women veterans living in the United States face unique challenges in transitioning to civilian life after their military careers end, including difficulty securing jobs. Many...

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Region 1 Comprehensive Center

Districts and state education agencies (SEAs) in Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and Vermont need effective strategies to improve student learning and achievement. While each state has unique...

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REL Appalachia

Throughout the Appalachian region of the United States, state education agencies (SEAs) and local education agencies (LEAs) are seeking effective strategies to improve students’ academic achievement,...

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How Home Visiting Can Support Parent-Child Interactions

HVParentBrief.pdfThis EDC brief explores the key role that parent-child interaction plays in children’s development and describes how home visitors can support parent-child interaction. The authors...

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Enrollment rates of Children in Universal Prekindergarten Programs in Vermont...

Visit ResourceTo better understand the implementation of prekindergarten legislation (Act 166) in Vermont, this study describes the relationship between the characteristics and location of...

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MIECHV Technical Assistance Resource Center

Maternal and child health are important public health issues. Mothers and children who live in poverty are disproportionately affected by a range of challenges, including poor social determinants of...

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A Descriptive Analysis of Expanded Pathways to Graduation in New York State

Visit ResourceThis study examines the pathways used by students in New York at the outset of a new state policy establishing that students could replace one of the two required social studies Regents...

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Puerto Rico School Characteristics and Student Graduation: Implications for...

Visit ResourceThis study examines the relationship between Puerto Rico’s high school characteristics and student graduation rates. Findings from this study provide a starting point for stakeholders in...

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LEGO Foundation: Scaling Learning through Play with Technology Research...

Many low- and middle-income countries are rapidly bringing technology into their classrooms. Yet the technology often reinforces traditional teaching practices, rather than serving to deepen and...

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A Comparison of Two Approaches to Identifying Beating-the-Odds High Schools...

Visit ResourceThis study compares two methods of identifying Beating-the-Odds Schools in Puerto Rico. Beating-the-Odds Schools include those schools that are performing better than expected, given the...

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Analyzing Student-Level Disciplinary Data: A Guide for Districts

Visit ResourceThis report supports districts in analyzing their student-level disciplinary data to answer important questions about the use of disciplinary actions, including whether these actions are...

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Exploring District-Level Expenditure-to-Performance Ratios

Visit ResourceThis study examines the expenditure-to-performance ratio, a measure that can be used to examine school districts’ use of resources as a proxy measure of efficiency. Findings suggest that...

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Home Language Survey Data Quality Self-Assessment

Visit ResourceThis report presents the Home Language Survey Data Quality Self-Assessment that was developed to help state departments of education and school districts improve the quality of data...

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