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Sep 17, 2024

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Social and Emotional Learning in U.S. Schools: Findings from CASEL's Nationwide Policy Scan and the American Teacher Panel and American School Leader Panel Surveys

The authors explore U.S. states' supportive and limiting policies and conditions for social and emotional learning (SEL) and investigate whether and how those policies and conditions relate to educators' reported SEL implementation efforts.

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Aug 27, 2024

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Districts Try with Limited Success to Reduce Chronic Absenteeism: Selected Findings from the Spring 2024 American School District Panel Survey and Interviews

The authors of this report surveyed school districts and interviewed leaders of districts to get the latest information on the ongoing problem of chronically high absenteeism rates across the United States.

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Jul 29, 2024

Improving Working Memory Plus Arithmetic: Evaluation Report

This evaluation tested the effectiveness of the Improving Working Memory + Arithmetic (IWM+A) intervention on improving the working memory and numeracy skills of children in Year 3.

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Jul 15, 2024

Implementation of Nevada's Financial Literacy Mandate: A Mixed-Methods Study

In this report, the authors examine the implementation of Nevada's financial literacy requirements in grades three through 12 using data from a teacher survey, focus groups, interviews, and financial literacy programs.

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Jun 28, 2024

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Supporting Social-Emotional Development in Preschoolers: Implementation Evaluation of the PEDALS Program

This report presents initial implementation findings of the Positive Emotional Development and Learning Skills (PEDALS) program, a social-emotional learning program in prekindergarten classrooms in Western and Central New York and Southeast Michigan.

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Jun 26, 2024

How Colorado Community Colleges Used Funding for Short-Term Credentials: Descriptive Analysis of Senate Bill 22-192

This report describes how six Colorado community colleges used $1.4 million of pandemic relief funding to support individuals pursuing short-term credentials and the outcomes for those who received funding.

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