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Oct 7, 2025

Principals See Many Benefits of Cell Phone Policies, but Youth Remain Skeptical: Selected Findings from the American School Leader Panel and the American Youth Panel

In this report, the authors discuss selected findings from surveys of principals and youth about their experiences with cell phone policies in kindergarten through grade 12 schools during the 2024–2025 school year.
Oct 1, 2025

Learning from Innovative School Models and Funding Approaches 

RAND studies innovative school designs and funding strategies, including competency-based learning and educational savings accounts, to guide educators and policymakers in improving student outcomes.
Oct 1, 2025

Supporting Teacher Preparation and Retention 

Many districts face teacher shortages and high turnover. RAND studies teacher well-being, preparation, and policies to boost recruitment, retention, and support, with a focus on STEM and underserved communities.
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Sep 25, 2025

State of the Superintendent: Selected Findings from the Spring 2025 American School District Panel

This is the latest in the State of the Superintendent series, an annual report that presents a reliable, recurring snapshot of the U.S. public school superintendency. In spring 2025, superintendents were surveyed on stressors and time use.
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Sep 2, 2025

How Large and Small Districts Develop Their Principals: Selected Findings from the American School District Panel

In this report, the authors describe the pipeline to principalship in small, medium, and large school districts across the United States and the prevalence of professional development targeted at assistant and sitting principals.
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Aug 14, 2025

Technical Documentation for the Eleventh American School District Panel Survey

This report provides technical information about the spring 2025 survey of the American School District Panel. The authors describe the survey administration and weighting processes they used to produce nationally representative estimates.
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Aug 14, 2025

Chronic Absenteeism Still a Struggle in 2024–2025: Selected Findings from the American School District Panel and the American Youth Panel

In this report, the authors investigate the state of chronic absenteeism in school districts across the nation as of the 2024–2025 school year.
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Jul 31, 2025

Building State Capacity and Strategies to Promote High-Quality Instructional Materials: Implementation and Outcomes of the High-Quality Instructional Materials and Professional Development Network

This report presents how the High-Quality Instructional Materials and Professional Development Network supports its members and whether efforts increase teacher access and use of high-quality instructional materials and professional learning options.
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Jul 18, 2025

One-Third of U.S. Public Schools Screen Students for Mental Health; Providing Proper Care Is Often Hard to Achieve

Nearly one-third of the nation's K–12 U.S. public schools mandate mental health screening for students, with most offering in-person treatment or referral to a community mental health professional if a student is identified as having depression or anxiety.
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Jun 3, 2025

Lost in Translation — Teachers Report Feeling Unprepared to Support Multilingual Learners: Findings from the 2024 American Instructional Resources Survey

Using educator survey data, authors explore how prepared U.S. teachers report feeling to teach multilingual learners (MLLs) and educators' prioritization of supports for MLLs when selecting professional learning, materials, and activities.
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Apr 14, 2025

Educator Turnover Continues Decline Toward Prepandemic Levels: Findings from the American School District Panel

The authors update prior work to investigate the open question of whether educator turnover rates will fully return to pre–COVID-19 pandemic levels. In this report, they add a fourth school year (2023–2024) to their annual tracking.
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Mar 26, 2025

Prioritizing Curriculum-Based Professional Learning for Mathematics Teachers: District, Principal, and Teacher Perspectives from the American Educator Panels

The authors explore factors in school leaders' selection of math-focused professional learning (PL); teachers' experiences with math-focused PL; perceived usefulness of these activities; and the extent to which math-focused PL is curriculum based.

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