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Michigan Narrows Licensure Bands to Improve Early Learning
Michigan jettisoned its broad elementary teaching licenses in favor of preK-3 and 3-6 licenses that will better equip new teachers with developmentally appropriate knowledge and skills.Preparing Diverse, Effective Teachers through Residencies and Induction
Many states are expanding teacher residency and induction programs.Leveraging Relicensure Policies to Advance Deeper Learning
This NASBE policy update urges state boards of education to invigorate relicensure policies by embracing multiple tiers that support teachers throughout their careers and implementing requirements such as work portfolios, individual learning plans, and microcredentials.Aligning Teacher Preparation with Student Learning Standards
This Policy Update highlights the mismatch between the skills taught in many teacher preparation programs and those needed to help students achieve rigorous learning standards. State boards of education have a role to play here.Partner Resource
How Principals Affect Students and Schools: A Systematic Synthesis of Two Decades of Research
Commissioned by The Wallace Foundation, this groundbreaking synthesis of research on school principals finds that effective principals have positive impacts on student achievement and attendance, as well as teacher satisfaction and retention.How State Leaders Can Support Staff Wellness during COVID
NASBE is cohosting a webinar with our partner Child Trends, a national research organization that focuses on improving the lives of children and youth, to highlight research, state examples, and CDC guidance around staff wellness. Presenters include: Thomas “Tom” Cunningham, Ph.D., Chief, Social Science and Translation Research Branch, Division of Science Integration, U.S. Centers for […]
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Join us as we discuss a new Wallace Foundation-RAND Corporation report on key policy levers for principal improvement.
read moreWhy School Climate Matters and What Can Be Done to Improve It
Educators’ abilities to forge strong relationships with students lie at the heart of strong schools.
read moreMichigan Narrows Licensure Bands to Improve Early Learning
Michigan jettisoned its broad elementary teaching licenses in favor of preK-3 and 3-6 licenses that will better equip new teachers with developmentally appropriate knowledge and skills.
read moreMichigan Takes Bold Steps to Improve Early Learning by Narrowing Teacher Licensure Bands
A new NASBE analysis explains how Michigan jettisoned its broad elementary teaching licenses in favor of preK-3 and 3-6 licenses that will better equip new teachers with developmentally appropriate knowledge and skills.
read morePreparing Diverse, Effective Teachers through Residencies and Induction
Many states are expanding teacher residency and induction programs.
read moreCollaborating to Support the Early Childhood Workforce
This NASBE policy update explores how NASBE, the National League of Cities (NLC), and the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) built up the nation’s early childhood education (ECE) workforce through an effective collaboration.
read moreLeveraging Relicensure Policies to Advance Deeper Learning
This NASBE policy update urges state boards of education to invigorate relicensure policies by embracing multiple tiers that support teachers throughout their careers and implementing requirements such as work portfolios, individual learning plans, and microcredentials.
read moreEngaging Philosophy in the Quest for K-12 Deeper Learning
This NASBE policy update suggests embedding philosophy instruction in teacher preparation programs to enable teachers to model skills they want students to acquire.
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