This REL Appalachia report describes the career and technical education credentials that Virginia high school graduates earned in the years before and after Virginia added a career and technical education credential requirement to its Standard diploma. » More info
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REL Southeast Studies Teacher Influences on Student Outcomes in an Online Biology Course
This study of an online high school biology course offered by Florida Virtual School examined the amount of variation in course completion, students' final exam scores, and time to completion that is attributable to the influence of teachers. » More info
REL Southeast explored whether Georgia's flexibility policy, which grants waivers from state regulations and requires districts to meet performance targets, changed districts' academic performance and approaches to implementing innovative practices. » More info
Participation in State-Funded Prekindergarten in Oklahoma
This REL Southwest report describes prior participation in Oklahoma's state-funded prekindergarten program among first-time public school kindergarten students as well as how participation varies across different groups of students and relates to geographic measures of access to early learning and care. » More info
Pell Grants are the cornerstone of federal financial aid for low-income students enrolled in postsecondary education. » More info
National Library of Education (NLE)
NLE provides information, statistical, and referral services to the Department of Education, government agencies and the public. The collection focuses on education, including thousands of textbooks and instructional materials, as well as resources on law, public policy, economics, urban affairs, sociology, history, philosophy, and information science.
REL Events and Opportunities
REL Events provide an opportunity to learn from practitioners, policymakers, and researchers from across the country. Check out the REL Events Calendar for upcoming webinars and in-person professional development opportunities spanning topics from improving early education to transforming postsecondary teaching and learning, and everything in between.
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Supporting Your Child's Reading at Home
Learning to read begins at home through everyday parent-child interactions, long before children attend school. This new website helps families support literacy development for students in Kindergarten through 3rd grade. It includes family activities to build literacy skills at home, along with videos that show parents what to focus on in each activity.
Teaching Math to Young Children for Families and Caregivers
Early childhood is an important period for developing math skills. These resources and activities, organized by math topics such as counting or shapes, include research-based and easy-to-follow steps to help you support your child's math skills during a typical day.
Other Regional Educational Laboratories Resources Related to COVID-19
In response to COVID-19, the RELs have collaborated to produce this series of evidence-based resources and guidance about teaching and learning in a remote environment, as well as other considerations brought by the pandemic.
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Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA)
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