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From the President’s Pen: Are You Ready?
When schools reopen, how ready will the education enterprise be to receive, support, encourage, and serve students?Five Questions State Boards Should Ask about Civics Education Reform
Civics education has seen short shrift in recent years. State boards can do more to ensure that K-12 students are prepared to be thoughtful, engaged citizens.Getting Students Career Ready
Every student needs academic and technical skills to prepare them for life and every student needs to plant their feet on a career pathway during their K-12 journey.Five Questions State Boards Should Ask to Advance College and Career Readiness
State boards can leverage dual enrollment opportunities, rigorous coursework, new graduation pathways, course alignment with high-opportunity careers, skill building for the jobs of the future, and tracking of student attainment after graduation to expand college and career readiness.Racial Justice through Expanded Choice
Decoupling where students receive education from where they live is key to undoing the system's racist roots.
read moreEngaging Students through Ethnic Studies
California, Connecticut, and Texas broaden their elective offerings.
read moreDistrict of Columbia Embeds Antiracist Lens in Update of Social Studies Standards
State board tees up a revision process and standards characterized by civic engagement and cultural responsiveness.
read moreEquity and English Learners Post-Pandemic
State leaders should ramp up supports for EL students and their families.
read moreSupporting Youth with the Most Need
For many, the pandemic has been just one of a host of barriers to a high-quality education.
read moreMichigan Adds Certificate for Birth to Kindergarten Teachers
A detail of how the Michigan State Board of Education, working closely with the state education agency, is expanding opportunities to improve early educators’ preparation.
read moreMichigan’s Birth to Kindergarten Certificate Professionalizes Early Learning Workforce
A new NASBE analysis details how the Michigan State Board of Education, working closely with the state education agency, is expanding opportunities to improve early educators’ preparation.
read moreEarly Childhood Education Summit
Join us as national experts discuss the challenges facing ECE and the strategies and resources states can tap to meet them. Participants will learn from other state board colleagues about barriers to effective ECE policymaking and potential solutions.
read moreAnalysis Highlights State Assessment Strategies for Gauging Student Outcomes and Opportunities in Challenging Year
A new NASBE Policy Update explores the strategies states employed to administer assessments in the 2020-21 school year.
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