This week in the NASBE State Ed SmartBrief: Wyoming state board starts search for state chief; Third-graders’ reading ability a legislative target in 32 states; more… View Full Post

THE PRINCIPAL AS LEADER: AN OVERVIEW Education research shows that most school variables, considered separately, have at most small effects on learning. The real payoff comes when individual variables combine to reach critical mass. Creating the conditions under which that can occur is the job of the principal. For more than a decade, The Wallace [...]

Arlington, VA —A growing debate over school discipline has led many educators and policymakers to question the value of punishments involving out-of-school suspensions and the existence of zero-tolerance policies. To help state education leaders address these issues, the National Association of State Boards of Education (NASBE) is partnering with Atlantic Philanthropies on a two-year, $300,000 [...]

Arlington, VA — The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) recently released the proposed rule for competitive food standards as required by the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act. The National School Lunch Program and School Breakfast Program: Nutrition Standards for All Foods Sold in School are part of a package designed to ensure students have healthy [...]

The Board of Directors of the National Association of State Boards of Education (NASBE) has accepted the resignation of NASBE Executive Director Jim Kohlmoos, effective March 1, 2013. “It has been a great honor for me to serve as executive director,” Kohlmoos said. “I have greatly appreciated the opportunity to work with so many dedicated [...]

This Week in the State Ed SmartBrief: Missouri State Board of Education outlines 2013 priorities; Tennessee may limit virtual charter enrollment; U.S Department of Education guidance: Schools must make “reasonable modifications” for students with disabilities seeking to compete in after-school sports; more… View Full Post

This week in the State Ed SmartBrief: Illinois State Board of Education looks at raising cut scores on assessments; Maryland State Board to update student discipline policies; New Hampshire education board maintains new charter school moratorium; more… View Full Post

Arlington, VA — The National Association of State Boards of Education (NASBE) is collaborating with the Arts Education Partnership (AEP) to create an online arts education resource designed to help state boards of education develop evidence-based policy. NASBE will base the new web portal on AEP’s Arts Education State Policy Database and ArtsEdSearch, through which [...]

Chestertown resident Madhu Sidhu, a member of the Maryland State Board of Education, recently spoke to lawmakers and their staff as part of a congressional briefing to support a new report from the National Association of State Boards of Education about education technology. View Full Article

NASBE Chief Knowledge Officer David Kysilko offers national perspective to a state education governance story.   View Full Article