What's New for July 2024

NCER Awards $103 Million in Education Research Grants  (July 11, 2024)
NCER awards new grants from its FY 2024 Education Research Grants program competition.

Implementation experiences of elementary schools using departmentalized instruction (July 9, 2024)
Report describes school and teacher experiences implementing departmentalized instruction and how these experiences aligned with some of the potential benefits and challenges of the strategy.

2023-24 Common Core of Data (CCD) Preliminary Directory Data Release (July 8, 2024)
2023-24 Common Core of Data (CCD) Preliminary Directory Files are now available. These files are the product of the CCD data collection for the 2023-24 school year. Data were submitted by states and jurisdictions in spring 2024 and all district- and school-level data are based on a snapshot date of October 1, 2023. These preliminary files include directory information and some limited attributes about the school or district, such as type, operational status, the lowest and highest grade offered, and whether a school is a charter school.