Oct. 23, 2023: SAT data highlights deep inequality. Test takers whose families were in the top 20% of earners were seven times more likely as those in the bottom 20 to score at least 1300, the New York Times reports. (Subscription required.)
Oct. 22, 2023: Geneva 2030 web site launches data sources & downloads page, enabling users to retrieve info in spreadsheet format.
Sept. 26, 2023: Eight Hispanic groups reached a population of a million or more in the United States in 2020, according to newly released detailed 2020 Census data. Groups reaching this milestone for the first time include Colombian and Honduran immigrants.
Sept. 19, 2023: Why do people move? The single biggest reason is the pursuit of better housing, according to an analysis by the Census Bureau. Housing concerns outweigh family, marital, employment, and other issues such as health, climate change and natural disaster.
Aug. 30, 2023: The percentage of 3-to-6-year-olds enrolled in preschool in the United States dropped by 9.3 percentage points from 2019 to 2021, from 51.1% to 41.8%, according to a new U.S. Census Bureau report.
May 24, 2023: Most schools across the country have experienced a rising student demand for mental health services since the pandemic, the National Center for Education Statistics reports.
May 10, 2023: The Census Bureau reports that the nation’s fast-growing Hispanic population made dramatic strides in educational attainment in recent decades, especially among younger age groups.
April 27, 2023: One in four households receiving SNAP benefits across the country report food insufficiencies since the extra pandemic benefits ended on March 1. Read more from the U.S. Census Bureau.
April 19, 2023: The New York Health Foundation has released a data brief on food insecurity during the pandemic. Read more.
Sept. 1, 2022: Elementary and middle school reading and math scores fell sharply during the pandemic, the Associated Press reports.
Aug. 16, 2022 – Common Core Data for the 2021-22 school year has been issued by the National Center for Education Statistics. The files provide basic information on public elementary and secondary schools, local education agencies, and state education agencies in each state .
July 27, 2022 – The National Center for Education Statistics released new tables today on bullying. Of students ages 12 through 18, 22 percent reported experiencing bullying behaviors at school. However, only half these students considered these experiences to be bullying.