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Kurtz, Holly; Lloyd, Sterling; Harwin, Alex; Daniels, Ashlee – Editorial Projects in Education, 2023
As students continue to face complex mental and physical health challenges, schools have been tasked with an increasingly critical role in meeting their multifaceted needs. To learn more, the EdWeek Research Center conducted a nationally representative survey of K-12 school health staffers, including school nurses and health teachers. While most…
Descriptors: Student Needs, Mental Health, Physical Health, Elementary Secondary Education
Jennifer C. Smith-Grant; Nancy D. Brener; Adriana Rico; J. Michael Underwood; Barbara Queen – Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2022
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention established School Health Profiles (Profiles) in 1996 to monitor school health policies and practices in secondary schools in states and school districts across the United States. Profiles is a system of surveys conducted biennially in even-numbered years and provides data on the following topics:…
Descriptors: Public Health, School Policy, Health Education, Physical Education
Kosciw, Joseph G.; Greytak, Emily A.; Zongrone, Adrian D.; Clark, Caitlin M.; Truong, Nhan L. – Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network (GLSEN), 2018
The [Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network] GLSEN National School Climate Survey is our flagship report on the school experiences of [lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer] LGBTQ youth in schools, including the extent of the challenges that they face at school and the school-based resources that support LGBTQ students' well-being.…
Descriptors: Homosexuality, Sexual Orientation, Sexual Identity, Student Organizations
Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network (GLSEN), 2018
The "National School Climate Survey" is the Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network (GLSEN) flagship report on the school experiences of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) youth in schools, including the extent of the challenges that they face at school and the school-based resources that support LGBTQ students'…
Descriptors: Homosexuality, Sexual Orientation, Sexual Identity, Student Organizations
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Tortolero, Susan R.; Cuccaro, Paula M.; Tucker, Nancy M.; Weerasinghe, I. Sonali; Li, Dennis H. – Journal of Applied Research on Children, 2011
Teen birth rates and teen pregnancy prevention strategies vary widely across individual states in the US, which has the highest overall teen birth rate among developed nations. California and Texas, the two most populous states currently accounting for a quarter of all teen births, have taken very different approaches to addressing adolescent…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Pregnancy, Prevention, Case Studies
Stewart, Alison; Kaye, Kelleen – National Campaign to Prevent Teen and Unplanned Pregnancy (NJ1), 2012
When it comes to making decisions about sex, teens today are doing far better than they were 20 years ago. Fewer teens are having sex, and among those who are, more teens are using contraception. The happy result is that teen pregnancy and birth rates have declined dramatically. Despite this extraordinary progress, teen pregnancy and childbearing…
Descriptors: Contraception, Birth Rate, Pregnancy, Family Relationship
Kosciw, Joseph G.; Greytak, Emily A.; Bartkiewicz, Mark J.; Boesen, Madelyn J.; Palmer, Neal A. – Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network (GLSEN), 2012
In 1999, the Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network (GLSEN) identified the need for national data on the experiences of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) students and launched the first National School Climate Survey (NSCS). At the time, the school experiences of LGBT youth were under-documented and nearly absent from national…
Descriptors: Educational Environment, Homosexuality, Sexual Orientation, Sexual Identity
Trenholm, Christopher; Devaney, Barbara; Fortson, Ken; Quay, Ken; Wheeler, Justin; Clark, Melissa – Mathematica Policy Research, Inc., 2007
Since fiscal year 1998, the Title V, Section 510 program has allocated $50 million annually in federal funding for programs that teach abstinence form sexual activity outside of marriage as the expected standard for school-age children. A new impact report from Mathematica's congressionally mandated multi-year evaluation of four abstinence…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Sexuality, Federal Legislation, Educational Legislation
Comey, Jennifer; Smith, Eshauna; Tatian, Peter A. – Urban Institute (NJ1), 2009
Many young people in the District of Columbia are failing to make a successful transition to adulthood. Their challenges include poor preparation for the high-skills labor market and long-standing health problems. Recent District government efforts have centered around school reform and early childhood, but these areas are not sufficient to…
Descriptors: Neighborhoods, Poverty, Focus Groups, Labor Market
Arizona Department of Education, 2009
This publication contains Arizona public schools' academic standards for grade 2. The contents of this document include the following: (1) The Arts Standard 2006--Grade 2; (2) Comprehensive Health Education/Physical Activity Standards 1997--Foundations (Grades 1-3); (3) Foreign and Native Language Standards 1997--Foundations (Grades 1-3); (4)…
Descriptors: Federal Legislation, Health Education, Sex Education, Public Health