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A State Leader’s Guide to Strategic School Staffing
Redesigning teacher roles can solve several problems confronting schools at once.
Supporting and Sustaining Paid Teacher Residencies
California and Texas offer up lessons in how strategic staffing can help.
Weighing the Value of Industry-Based Certifications against Their Costs
A study of Texas’s move to offer bonuses and add accountability measures for attainment reveals some unintended consequences.
Deskilling the Knowledge Economy: Implications for Schools
To foster students’ entry into the workforce, their schools will need to equip them with AI-complementary skills.
The Role of State Boards in Making Credentials' Value Transparent
Not all credentials are created equal, so how will students and families choose?
Turning Graduate Portraits into Pathways
North Carolina and Indiana are leading in the push toward teaching and assessing durable skills.
Remaking Transcripts to Better Reflect Students’ Competencies
State boards wanting to capture student mastery in new ways have many considerations to take into account.
Six Things State Leaders Can Do to Invigorate US Civics and History Learning
Broad public agreement on what students ought to learn should propel their efforts, as should the lack of confidence in democratic institutions.