The only organization dedicated solely to helping state boards advance equity and excellence in public education.
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Enhancing School-Based Health Services
School-based health services (SBHS) are a powerful, yet underused strategy to expand equitable healthcare to students, according to this analysis from NASBE.
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Education Support Professionals as Partners in Improving School Climate
State boards of education should champion education support professionals as partners in improving school climate.
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States Sketch ‘Portraits of a Graduate’
While their entry points and approaches to the work differ, South Carolina, Utah, Virginia, and Washington have all drawn up profiles that many call the North Star of their state education systems.
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State Policy Database on School Health
The NASBE State Policy Database on School Health aligns state statutory and regulatory language on student health to the components of the Whole School, Whole Community, Whole Child (WSCC) model.
State Board Insight
NASBE's State Board Insight database tracks all topics considered by state boards of education each month.
News
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November 16, 2022
States Can Do More to Leverage Federal Funding to Support School Based Health Services -
November 14, 2022
NASBE’s Early Literacy Work Group Tours Arizona’s Wildflower Accelerated Academy -
November 10, 2022
NASBE Membership Elects New Leaders to Its Board of Directors -
November 4, 2022
California, North Carolina, and the District of Columbia Join NASBE’s Early Childhood Education Network -
October 24, 2022
NASBE Statement on 2022 NAEP Results
From the States
Investing in Early Childhood Workforce Recovery
Analysis details how states, including Kentucky, New Jersey, North Carolina and others, are using COVID relief funds to help the early childhood workforce recover from the pandemic.
States Build Support for Students Who Are Homeless
Several states are leveraging $800 million under the American Rescue Plan’s Homeless Children and Youth Program to better address the short- and long-term needs of students experiencing homelessness.
The National Association of State Boards of Education develops, supports, and empowers citizen leaders on state boards of education to strengthen public education systems so students of all backgrounds and circumstances are prepared to succeed in school, work, and life.
Policy Areas
College, Career, and Civic Readiness
State boards should exercise their authority to ensure that the education system at every level supports the success of all students in postsecondary education, careers, and civic life.
Education Governance
State boards should function as the citizens’ voice in education and the stable center of education policymaking, leading efforts to achieve the state vision for equity and excellence through effective, meaningful collaboration with other state policymakers and stakeholders.
Safe and Healthy Schools
Student health is strongly associated with student achievement and school engagement, and students who feel safe at school also feel free to learn.
Teachers and Leaders
State boards should exercise their authorities for preparing, certifying, and supporting educators, recognizing that, of all school-based factors, teachers have the most impact on student achievement and school leaders have the second greatest impact.