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Engaging Students through Ethnic Studies
California, Connecticut, and Texas broaden their elective offerings.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.States Boards Advance Digital Equity during the Pandemic
NASBE analysis highlights the efforts of New York, West Virginia, Idaho, Mississippi, California, and Utah to ensure digital access and opportunity for digital learning beyond the pandemic.
read moreState Strategies to Advance Digital Equity
By spearheading efforts to collect data, collaborate with partners, buy digital devices and infrastructure, and reimagine effective technology use, several states have made strides toward digital equity in schools.
read moreJoin the NASBE Early Literacy Work Group
NASBE invites state board members and state board staff to join a work group to learn from national experts about early-literacy trends and research and from states that have employed effective policies and practices to increase young children’s reading success. Research demonstrates that students not reading proficiently by the end of third grade are four […]
read moreNASBE Recruits Two States for ECE Network
The National Association of State Boards of Education (NASBE) seeks applicants to join the NASBE Early Childhood Education (ECE) State Network as part of its efforts to support a well-qualified, equitable, well-compensated ECE workforce through effective state policies. NASBE welcomes state proposals that seek to develop or build on existing innovative strategies to mitigate the […]
read moreStates Leverage ARP Funds to Address Needs of Homeless Students
A new NASBE analysis highlights the efforts of several states to leverage $800 million in federal funds to better address the short- and long-term needs of students experiencing homelessness.
read moreStates Build Support for Students Who Are Homeless
Several states are leveraging $800 million under the American Rescue Plan’s Homeless Children and Youth Program to better address the short- and long-term needs of students experiencing homelessness.
read moreSupporting English Learners with Disabilities
Equitable education means overcoming challenges in identification, staff training, and funding.
read moreDebunking Myths about Students with Disabilities
State policy should confront the pervasive low expectations that the outcomes reveal.
read moreThe NASBE Interview: Dr. Lou Maynus and Joel Coleman
"We have to let them show what they can do and not just tell them they can do it."
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