News & Info

Our new blog series, On the Road, primarily authored by Executive Director Kristen Amundson as she reflects on her visits with state boards of education and education thought leaders across the country. The blogs will appear on the NASBE web site periodically, and they will also feature the occasional guest writer.

Join us October 19-22, 2016, in Kansas City, Missouri, for NASBE’s Annual Conference 2016: State Leadership for Student Success.

The Annual Conference is the largest gathering of state board of education members in the nation! Dynamic speakers will cover important topics such as state accountability design and ESSA, teacher professional development, student data privacy, career readiness, early childhood education, the “future of schooling,” and much, much more!

Join us March 19-21 2017, in Washington DC for NASBE’s Legislative Conference 2017: “Leading in a Time of Change.” This conference is an opportunity to engage with members of Congress, US Department of Education senior officials, and other prominent national education community stakeholders on current federal legislative and regulatory activities, such as the recently enacted Every Student Succeeds Act.

**Registration for the 2017 New Member Institute is now closed.**

When:  June 9-10, 2017 (adjourn by noon on Saturday)

Where: Arlington, Virginia

Hotel Information: Renaissance Arlington Capital View Hotel | 2800 S Potomac Ave, Arlington, VA 22202

The program for this event is in development (see a previous year’s program here), but our goals are always the same. State board of education members who attend NASBE’s New Member Institute will:

• Learn what it takes to be a successful and productive member of a state board of education.
• Build the skills needed to do the job: parliamentary procedure, communicating in the era of social media, working with the state legislature and other key stakeholders, working with the news media, working with fellow board members.
• Discuss common policy concerns and issues, and discover real-world examples of how state boards of education are successfully addressing them.
• Establish working relationships with new state board of education members from across the country.
• Gain an understanding of NASBE’s resources and how the organization can help state boards in their important work.

NASBE will assume responsibility for airfare and other travel costs (up to $500), hotel, and registration costs for a maximum of two new board members from each dues-paying state to attend the New Member Institute. Additional board members may attend at their state’s expense ($500 for new board members from a dues-paying state; $525 for veteran board members from a dues-paying state; $925 for board members from non-NASBE member states, plus travel and lodging expenses). Direct questions to Sharon Cannon at sharon.cannon@nasbe.org, or read our Frequently Asked Questions.