State Innovations
As part of Indiana's high school transformation efforts, the state has adopted a new diploma framework with seals tied to college, career, or military pathways, offering students more flexibility and clearer outcomes.
State Innovations
Kentucky is using community-driven portraits of a learner to guide high school redesign, focusing on local flexibility, more relevant assessments, and vibrant learning.
Policy Update
This NASBE analysis looks at 49 state strategic plans and finds many target learning recovery and other pandemic-related education issues.
State Innovations
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.
Policy Update
This analysis describes how state boards of education and other state stakeholders can partner with school nurses and state school nurse leaders in forming guidance and making decisions about transitions back to school.
The Standard - Article
Schools opt to change their approaches to learning and see gains in adaptability.
Policy Update
States acted quickly to suspend end-of-year assessments and amend graduation requirements for high school seniors amid COVID-19. This policy update highlights trends in state guidance around graduation and grade advancement and how some are addressing inherent equity challenges.
The Standard - Article
A+ Schools and Turnaround Arts schools commit to a model of school improvement.
