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Opportunities and Challenges: Insights from North Carolina's AI Guidelines

Early guidance helps all schools seize the technology’s potential and mitigate the risks.


Ensuring Student Data Privacy through Better Governance

State boards should champion laws to stand up robust cross-agency boards and advocate for best practice.


Shielding Student Data: The Critical Role of State Boards in K-12 Cybersecurity

A coordinated push is needed to ward off increased threats and mounting costs.


Connecting the National Educational Technology Plan to State Policy: A Roadmap for State Boards

State leaders can use the plan to gauge whether their policies are expanding technology access, teachers’ capacity, and the learning experience.


Navigating Systemic Access to Computer Science Learning

Real advances to broaden participation in K-12 computing will come when state boards take a 360-degree view.


Advancing Policy to Foster K-12 Media Literacy

Some state leaders are moving to provide students with what they need to better navigate the digital world. More should.


State Strategies for Improving Young Children's Math Skills

Early math instruction is as important to young learners' futures as literacy. It's time for math to get the same level of attention.


An Economic Perspective on Preschool for All

Is “preschool for all” the best way to extend access to preschool to the children who need it most?