The only organization dedicated solely to helping state boards advance equity and excellence in public education.
Policy Updates
Engaging Philosophy in the Quest for K-12 Deeper Learning
This NASBE policy update suggests embedding philosophy instruction in teacher preparation programs to enable teachers to model skills they want students to acquire.
State Mentoring Policies Key to Supporting Novice Teachers
This policy update draws on research, state examples, and the author’s own experience to suggest ways states can better support novice teachers while combating high turnover.
State Role in Incubating School Improvement Networks
This NASBE policy update explores how statewide networked improvement communities work and how state boards of education can nurture them.
Building the Capacity of State Boards to Lead for Equity and Excellence
This NASBE policy update offers state boards a means to address these issues through structured discussions of equity, the achievement gap, and what state boards need to lead for equity and excellence.
Enabling School Counselors to Focus on Postsecondary Transitions
This NASBE policy update explores the ways state boards of education can address the challenges school counselors face and better support student transitions after high school.
Policies to Support Military-Connected Students
is NASBE policy update explores the unique challenges that military-connected students face and how state boards of education can ensure the success and well-being of these students through effective policies on data sharing and training in data management.
Mental Health in Education
This policy update outlines challenges to delivering such services and ways states can leverage key provisions in the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) to improve students’ chances for academic success by providing mental health services.
ESSA's Fifth Indicator: A NASBE Policy Update Series
States have incorporated a variety of “fifth indicators” in their ESSA plans, including: career and technical education, school climate and student discipline, social and emotional learning, chronic absenteeism, and access to high-level course work. This policy update series explores the pros and cons of each and offers key considerations for state boards that are refining their plans for September submission.