NAIS - 2024-2025 NAIS Trendbook: More Resources to Explore

Below, find chapter-by-chapter resources from the 2024-2025 NAIS Trendbook’s “More to Explore” sections. The following corresponds to the lists that appear at the end of each of the chapters in the published book.

Chapter 1: The Financial Sustainability Forecast
Chapter 2: The Workforce Forecast
Chapter 3: The Legal and Legislative Forecast
Chapter 4: The Student Experience Forecast
Chapter 5: The Equity and Justice Forecast
Chapter 6: The Artificial Intelligence Forecast
Chapter 7: The Higher Education Forecast

Chapter 1: The Financial Sustainability Forecast

Chapter 2: The Workforce Forecast

NAIS Career Center
NAIS Data and Analysis for School Leadership (DASL)
“Overworked and Undervalued: Retaining Top Educators,” Liz Kuncl and Kyle Christensen, GALLUP
“The State of Teaching,” Education Week
“Using Artificial Intelligence Tools in K-12 Classrooms,” Melissa Kay Diliberti et al., RAND
“What’s It Like to Be a Teacher in America Today?” Luona Lin, Kim Parker, and Juliana Menasce Horowitz, Pew Research Center

Chapter 3: The Legal and Legislative Forecast

“Legislative Tracker: 2023 Parent-Rights Bills in the States,” FutureEd
“Review Your School’s Approach to Safety and Security Risk Management,” Myra McGovern and Megan Mann, NAIS
“School Choice in America Dashboard,” EdChoice

Chapter 4: The Student Experience Forecast

“2023 U.S. National Survey of the Mental Health of LGBTQ Young People,” The Trevor Project
The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood Is Causing an Epidemic of Mental Illness, Jonathan Haidt
BoyMom: Reimagining Boyhood in the Age of Impossible Masculinity, Ruth Whippman
“Helping Boys Deal with Loneliness,” Ray Swann, Psychology Today
NAIS High School Survey of Student Engagement (HSSSE) and Middle Grades Survey of Student Engagement (MGSSE)
NAIS Independent School Health Check (ISHC)
NAIS Assessment of Inclusivity and Multiculturalism (AIM)
“NAIS Research on LGBTQ+ Youth Well-Being: Part 1: The State of LGBTQ+ Youth,” Margaret Anne Rowe, NAIS
“NAIS Research on LGBTQ+ Youth Well-Being: Part 2: LGBTQ+ Students and the Independent School Health Check,” Margaret Anne Rowe, NAIS
“NAIS Research Advisory: Trends in Grades, Academic Pressure, and Belonging by Race,” Phillip Brooks, NAIS

Chapter 5: The Equity and Justice Forecast

“NAIS Research: 2023-2024 State of Independent School Diversity Practice,” Phillip Brooks, NAIS
"NAIS Research: 2023-2024 State of Independent School Governance, Part 1: Board Composition, Membership, Policies, and Practices," Margaret Anne Rowe and Amada Torres, NAIS
“NAIS Research: How Polarization Affects Independent School Communities, Part 1: Polarization Through a Jobs-to-Be-Done Lens,” Margaret Anne Rowe, NAIS
Thriving in a World of Pluralistic Contention: A Framework for Schools, John Austin et al., Edward E. Ford Foundation

Chapter 6: The Artificial Intelligence Forecast

“AI Initiative: Understanding the Impact of AI on Our Kids,” Common Sense Media
“Bringing AI to Schools: Tips for School Leaders,” ISTE (International Society for Technology in Education)
Co-Intelligence: Living & Working with AI, Ethan Mollick
Education for the Age of AI, Charles Fadel et al., Center for Curriculum Redesign
“Your AI Resource Hub,” ATLIS (Association of Technology Leaders in Independent Schools)

Chapter 7: The Higher Education Forecast

“Affirmative Action for the 1%,” Michael Barbaro, The New York Times:
Association of College Counselors in Independent Schools
Charting the Future of Assessments, Patrick C. Kyllonen and Amit Sevak, ETS Research Institute
“Developing Trend: How Will Changes in Higher Education Affect Your Independent School?” NAIS
“Diversifying Society’s Leaders? The Determinants and Causal Effects of Admission to Highly Selective Private Colleges,” Raj Chetty et al., Opportunity Insights
“Is College Worth It?” Richard Fry et al., Pew Research Center

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