The sudden shift to online learning during the COVID-19 pandemic is causing a roller coaster of emotions for parents and students alike, but the recent Parent Pulse Report finds that parents are embracing the COVID era education experience with their children. Although facing a range of emotions--they are finding some silver linings amid the…

The Education Trust-West partnered with Global Strategy Group to conduct a poll that tested a long list of potential concerns among parents amidst the coronavirus pandemic and found academic concerns rose to the top. Key findings in this infographic include: (1) In the immediate aftermath of school closures, California parents give positive…

The Student Substance Use and Safety Survey, administered annually to a random, representative sample of AISD middle and high school students, provides self-report data on student knowledge, attitudes, and behavior related to substance use and school safety issues. These are the results from the spring 2014 survey.

A conceptual framework for identifying stress variables includes: (1) systematically identifying causes of job stress; (2) identifying factors mitigating stress; and (3) identifying possible consequences of job stress. (JN)

A CETA youth project was designed to provide training in vocational awareness, self-awareness, coping skills, job skills, employability skills, career planning, and remedial reading. Over 500 youth between 14-21 were involved and many received computer interactional career training in coordination with an individualized career class. Significant…