In his third State of the Union address Tuesday night, President Barack Obama urged states to require that students stay in school until they either graduate or turn 18. “We… know that when students aren’t allowed to walk away from their education, more of them walk the stage to get their diploma,” Obama said in [...]

The first place to go at school or work when you’re craving a snack is the vending machine. However, If your looking for a healthy option, what you think may be the best, isn’t always the best. No matter what the contents are the “healthy” label can often be misleading. View Full Article

NASBE Deputy Executive Director Brad Hull discusses digital learning in Governing magazine.

NASBE Executive Director Brenda Welburn discusses No Child Left Behind in a Jan. 6, 2012 article in Governing magazine.

NASBE Executive Director Brenda Welburn discusses the role of state boards and NASBE’s role in convening study groups and aiding boards nationwide. Listen to Podcast

NASBE’s Gearing Up study group report on teachers featured in Pearson’s “Making the Grade” blog. View Full Article

Video of Gen. Colin Powell accepting NASBE’s Policy Leader of the Year Award from Executive Director Brenda Welburn.  

Teacher colleges need to give aspiring educators much more thorough, intense exposure to K-12 classrooms during their training—and set higher standards for admission—a group representing state school boards contends.  View Full Article

NASBE’s Steve Berlin speaks to Education Talk Radio for a discussion of the role of this important, yet little understood, aspect of education – state boards of education. Listen to Podcast

School children today should be aiming for an “F” to add to the three Rs of their curriculum. That’s what the National Association of State Boards of Education recommends to combat an alarming epidemic of obesity in American children. The “F” stands for fitness, and one way to achieve it is through a physical education [...]