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The Standard - Column
Illinois's Bold Bid to Expand Preschool Access to All
Through the Smart Start Illinois initiative, Illinois is expanding access to preschool, increasing funding to child care providers to raise wages and quality, and reaching more vulnerable families with early support.
Expanding Access to Quality Early Childhood Education in Arkansas
The state’s LEARNS Act creates the roadmap for a unified system, and the state board has a key role to play.
Doing More by Doing Less
State boards ought to be reckoning with how to value and support teaching as a profession and an art.
A Trip to the Theater
As you engage in standards making on your state board, expect no credit, but keep your head down and stay focused on substance.
Five Change Management Principles Can Spur Uptake of Quality Curriculum
Change management requires authentic, context-informed practices that are more social and emotional than technical in nature.
Student Voice: Removing Barriers to Student Leadership
It is important to encourage students to engage with a wide variety of policymakers.
State Board Voice: Kentucky's Portrait of a Learner
When fully implemented, portraits of a learner become the lever by which teachers, schools, and communities rebalance learning expectations.
NCSBEE Voice: Harnessing Students' Expertise in Communications
When [students] help us create and when we collaborate, we are inspired, and we are more knowledgeable when we write policy and advocate on their behalf.