Seattle Times editorial on state education funding references 2001 NASBE study group report.   View Full Article

COLORADO STATE BOARD OPPOSES SENATE BILL THAT REQUIRES COMMITMENT TO A TESTING CONSORTIUM — A week after the Colorado State Board of Education voted to oppose a measure that would require it to join a multi-state assessment consortium, the Colorado Senate passed proposing that very mandate. While the state board is participating in both the [...]

Several associations of state and local government officials on Thursday called on House and Senate leaders to reauthorize the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA), and to do so in a way that gives state officials more flexibility over how to spend federal dollars. View Full Article

State and local groups united in a letter sent Thursday to Capitol Hill, urging Congress to reauthorize the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA). View Full Article

The Connecticut State Board of Education was one of only three states awarded a $15,000 grant by the National Association of State Boards of Education (NASBE) to develop and implement policies to foster healthy eating among students and promote school health programs. View Full Article

VERMONT BILL WOULD SHIFT AUTHORITY OVER STATE CHIEF FROM BOARD TO GOVERNOR — A bill to transfer the authority to hire the state education chief from the Vermont State Board of Education to the governor awaits the governor’s signature. The measure creates a cabinet-level secretary of education and converts the department of education into an [...]

Connecticut is one of three states to receive a grant from the National Association of State Boards of Education to develop policies that promote healthy eating in public schools. View Full Article

The National Association of State Boards of Education (NASBE) has awarded grants to seven state boards of education in order to develop and implement policies as a way to improve nutrition throughout the states’ school districts. View Full Article

MAINE LAW MANDATES NEW SYSTEM FOR TEACHER EVALUATIONS — A new Maine law requires districts to implement educator evaluation and professional development systems and authorized a new panel to develop the evaluations. The new body could also create criteria for local districts to follow as they set up their own evaluation plans for teachers and [...]

NASBE’s “Green Cleaning Schools” State Education Standard featured in edutopia blog about the need for schools to be environmentally aware in their policies and practices.