We’re excited to welcome Taylor Clough to the team. With experience in program implementation, evaluation, and data analysis, Taylor has co-authored practitioner resources on special education, social-emotional learning, and computer science; his social-work lens centers the lived experiences of students, families, and communities.

Rutgers CESP receives three-year, $1.2 million NJDOE grant to develop accessible resources, provide technical assistance, and enhance support for Special Education Parent Advisory Groups statewide, strengthening meaningful partnerships between schools and families of students with disabilities across New Jersey.

Rising rates of depression and suicide among adolescents have pushed states to explore new approaches to school-based mental health support. This post examines New Jersey’s universal mental health screening initiative, drawing on evidence from large-scale efforts in Pennsylvania and policy lessons emerging from Illinois.

Rutgers CESP and a participant from the Rutgers EIR project shared two key resources at the premier CS education conference: an engaging Scratch programming project that has students create arcade-style games, and a tool that helps educators evaluate and select middle school computer science curricula.

New study shows computer science enrollment in high schools grew from 10% to 15% over six years, but gender gaps are widening.