For Librarians
More than half of K-12 public school leaders say it is difficult to engage students’ families
The January 2025 School Pulse Panel (SPP) release provides information on family engagement, college and career readiness, and sources of information for decision-making, as reported by school leaders in U.S. public schools.
New data from NCES: School Pulse Panel data from the U.S. Outlying Areas, November and December 2024
The November 2024 School Pulse Panel (SPP) U.S. Outlying Area data provide information on school meal programs, physical education programming, arts education programming, and National Parks Service education programming, and the December 2024 data provide information on student cell phone policies, presence of artificial intelligence in education, computing and digital literacy, and school facilities during the 2024-25 school year, as reported by school leaders in American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, Guam, and the U.S. Virgin Islands. November data were collected from November 12 through November 26, 2024, and December data were collected from December 6 through December 20, 2024
Data Snapshot
18% of households with a high school student, 16% of households with a college student, and 17% of households with job-seekers used a public library in the past month to use a computer or the Internet in 2002.
Sources of public libraries’ operating income: FY 2000
Local: 77%
State: 13%
Federal: 1%
Other: 9%