Internet Filtering Report

In some cases, schools may be overfiltering Internet content due to a misinterpretation of the Children's Internet Protection Act, according to a report that looks at the effects of the law 10 years after its implementation. The report highlights filtering trends in schools and offers some best practices.
ALA. (2014).Fencing Out Knowledge: Impacts of the Children’s Internet Protection Act 10 Years Later.

Status of YAs in US report

The Federal Interagency Forum on Child and Family Statistics (the Forum) published America's Young Adults: Special Issue, 2014, a one-time report on young adults in the United States, ages 18–24. Findings highlight data trends and snapshots of the education, health and well-being of this population as they transition to adulthood. http://childstats.gov

Reading study

This article examines the need for early literacy. The following excerpt focuses on recovered dyslexics: 

Fink (1996/6, JAAL) studied 12 people who were considered dyslexic when they were young, who all became “skilled readers."  Out of the 12, nine published creative scholarly works and one was a Nobel laureate. Eleven of the 12 reported that they finally learned to read between the ages of 10 and 12 (p. 273), and one did not learn to read until the 12th grade. According to Fink, these readers had a lot in common:

“As children, each had a passionate personal interest, a burning desire to know more about a discipline that required reading. Spurred by this passionate interest, all read voraciously, seeking and reading everything they could get their hands on about a single intriguing topic" (pp. 274-275).

Krashen, S. 2014. Literacy education: Need we start early? Language and Language Teaching, 3,2 (6): 1-7. http://www.sdkrashen.com

Writing benefits and practice

Research is consistent with the view that writing does not contribute directly to language acquisition. But

writing, in addition to communicating our ideas, is a powerful means of helping to solve programs. Acquisition of the special language of writing comes from reading,and  our ability to use writing to solve problems comes from knowledge of the composing process. This paper reviews the “classic” components of the composing process,and suggests more components.

Krashen, S. ()2014). Tee composing process. Research Journal: Ecolintg Institute of Teaching and Learning Internati0nal School of Geneva, 2, 20.

http://www.sdkrashen.com/content/articles/krashen_2014_the_composing_process_.pdf

Student engagement report

Student motivation is the topic of Education Week's annual Diplomas Count report features research on student motivation,  levels of  engagement and dedication. It also notes graduation rates nationwide.
Education Week. (2014). Diploma Count.
http://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2014/06/05/34execsum.h33.html?cmp=ENL-EU-NEWS1

Language acquisition research

ABSTRACT: There are three major views of language acquisition. The Comprehension Hypothesis, the Comprehensible Output Hypothesis, and the Skill-Building Hypothesis. Only the Comprehension Hypothesis is fully consistent with all case histories of language acquirers, including cases of polyglots and those who have acquired language despite handicaps.
Krashen, S. 2014. Case Histories and the Comprehension Hypothesis. TESOL Journal (www.tesol-journal.com),
Available for free download: http://www.sdkrashen.com/articles.php?cat=6

Youth use of mobile technology

According to Pew Research, nearly a quarter of teens already own a tablet computer, with younger children not far behind. With the use of these handheld devices continuing to grow by leaps and bounds each year, tablets are coming to your school district soon, if they haven’t already.
Heather Moorefield-Lang, Carolyn Meier, and Rebecca K. Miller (Eds.). (2014). Tablet Computers in School Libraries and Classrooms. Chicago, IL: American Library Association.