Curriculum & Classrooms

Tutoring, instructional innovation, political battles over curriculum and other issues that play out in classrooms

Report

Excellence with Equity: The Case for Rethinking Gifted Education

Authored byPeg Tyre

A new vision of advanced education that embraces both academic rigor and equity, profiling school districts in Arizona, New York City, and Montgomery County

Report

Learning Curve: Lessons from the Tutoring Revolution in Public Education

Authored byLiz Cohen

A report on how to scale and sustain high dosage tutoring that profiles schools in Baton Rouge, Louisiana; Odessa, Texas; and New York City

Report

The Reading Revolution: How States are Scaling Literacy Reform

Authored byLynn Olson

A report on state legislative and policy changes to promote better literacy instruction

Explainer

Navigating the Artificial Intelligence Revolution in Schools

Authored byAlina Tugend

A report highlighting AI’s role as a supportive tool in education

Report

Teacher Mindsets: How Educators’ Perspectives Shape Student Success

Authored byCraig Wacker, Lynn Olson

How teachers’ attitudes, beliefs, and classroom practices fortify students’ investment in learning

NAEP

31%

4th-graders proficient in reading on the 2024 NAEP
35%

4th-graders proficient in reading on the 2019 NAEP

Source: National Assessment of Educational Progress

CTE

16%

Low-income parents with children enrolled in Career Technical Education (CTE)
71%

Low-income parents seeking CTE for their children who aren’t yet enrolled

Source: 50CAN

Reading Proficiency

32%

U.S. K-12 students behind grade level in reading this school year
42%

Students in schools with more than 75% students of color behind grade level

Source: School Pulse Panel

Early Literacy

37%

Kindergarteners on track for learning to read in 2020-21
54%

Kindergarteners on track for learning to read in 2023-24

Source: DIBELS

Civics-focused Extracurriculars

85%

Low-poverty high schools that offer student government
73%

High-poverty high schools that offer student government

Source: Brookings

Teen Survey

38%

Teens who feel comfortable talking about racism or racial inequality in school
29%

Teens who feel comfortable talking about sexual orientation or gender identity in school

Source: Pew Research Center

Voter Issues

80%

Voters who believe that hiring quality teachers is very important for public officials to address
27%

Voters who believe that book banning/curriculum censorship is very important to address

Source: The Hunt Institute

Advanced Math

35%

Schools with high enrollments of Black and Latino students offering calculus
54%

Schools with low enrollments of Black and Latino students offering calculus

Source: Civil Rights Data Collection

Computer Science Courses

57.5%

High schools that offer foundational computer science courses
5.8%

High school students who are enrolled in those courses

Source: Code.org

School Supplies

$500

Average amount public school teachers spend on classroom supplies
25%

Increase in the cost of school supplies in the U.S. from 2022 to 2023

Source: The 74

Book Bans, 2021-22 School Year

2,532

Book bans during the 2021-22 school year
1,648

Unique book titles being banned

Source: Pen America

Advanced Math Offerings

87%

High schools with low enrollment of students from low-income families offering calculus
45%

High schools with high enrollment of students from low-income families offering calculus

Source: Learning Policy Institute

Curriculum Changes, 2022

24%

Teachers who altered their curricula in response to the limitations placed on how they can address topics related to race or gender

Source: RAND

Views on Curriculum

81%

Adults who think parents should have a say in what their child’s school teaches
70%

Adults who think public schools should teach about the history and effects of racism

Source: Washington Post-ABC News poll