Guides & Reports
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Public School Open and Close Dates in the United States
Not all schools open and close the academic year at the same time! In fact, it can vary quite a bit by region. Use our data on school open and close dates across the country to drive your education marketing decisions and promotions. Be ready to launch at the start of the school year or…
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AI Tools to Know in 2024
In this guide, we’ll walk you through 15 AI tools to consider for your marketing efforts. You’ll get a better understanding of how to: Plus, we’ll take a closer look at how big brands like Coca-Cola, Sephora and McDonald’s are using AI to increase sales and customer satisfaction, and how AI tools are helping to…
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Higher Education Catalog
Higher Education Market Catalog Download our catalog for countless details about the $702 billion-dollar higher education market, and learn how institutions, faculty, administrators, and more impact it. Features over 3,800 college courses nationwide. We’ve organized our catalog by broad subject areas, so you can double-click into different disciplines, such as: This invaluable resource will help…
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Our Top Marketing Trends and Predictions for 2024
A look back at the marketing landscape in 2023 makes it clear that predicting what’s to come in the year ahead is uncertain business. Who saw the meteoric rise of ChatGPT coming? Who knew Twitter would rebrand as X? In 2024, we are sure to have some surprises, but there are also predictable trends to…
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MDR’s Public School Buying Power Map
A County-by-County Guide to Instructional Spending MDR has developed an exclusive measure, All Instructional Materials (AIM) Expenditure, that details public school buying power (AKA how much public schools spend on supplies and materials used for instructional purposes). With that data at hand, this interactive map is a visual tool for viewing this expenditure across the country. Here’s…
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Top 25 Most Requested School Supplies for Back-to-School
Fifty million school kids are headed back to school, while families stock up on notebooks, pencils, new clothes, lunchbox snacks, and much, much more. What are the most requested school items across the country? Do any brands reign supreme? Find out with our school supply report. We Are Teachers and MDR analyzed 72,000 school supply…
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By the Numbers: Financial Literacy in U.S. Schools
How to best teach students financial literacy in schools is a hot topic in education right now. To gain insight into financial literacy in schools, MDR spoke to over 600 teachers and administrators. We asked what financial literacy instruction currently looks like in their districts, which grade levels were receiving this instruction, and what additional…
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Public School Enrollment: What Does it Look Like Right Now?
This information on public school enrollment can help you know which states and districts represent the best opportunities for your products and services. Our public school enrollment infographic offers a snapshot of data by district size and region, as well as ten-year trends. Get answers to these questions, and more: Come away with important takeaways…
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U.S. School Spending Update
Get details on all instructional materials and current expenditure spending in U.S. schools in our school spending infographic. MDR tracks school spending in U.S. K-12 public schools in two categories—All Instructional Materials (AIM) and Current Expenditures. Plus, we’ve got helpful information like which states spend the most per student and a graph of the percentage…
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How Do School Supply Lists Get Created?
Download the infographic to get all the school supply lists stats. Every year, millions of families head out with new school supply lists to purchase the notebooks, three-ring binders, pencils, crayons, and backpacks that their children need to be ready to learn. How do these school lists happen? Together with WeAreTeachers.com, we gathered research from…