January 2025
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Volume 25, No. 1
Six Questions State Boards Should Ask about Student Mental Health
There is an acute need for increased services, education, and supports for student mental health. Here are six questions to frame state board discussions on promoting student mental health.Centering School Connectedness
High schools are creating student success teams that prioritize relationships and leverage actionable data to reconnect students to school.Five Questions State Boards Should Ask about Students’ Access to Physical Education
Despite most states requiring participation in physical education, a national survey finds access in K-12 schools is severely lacking. State leaders can improve access to physical education starting with these five questions.Empowering Youth to Prevent Suicide
This NASBE analysis highlights state action examples, identifies multipronged approaches to youth suicide prevention, and discusses federal funding opportunities available to states to support peer-to-peer programming.Empowering Families to Improve Youth Mental Health
State education leaders can foster children’s mental health by increasing families’ preparedness and awareness of available resources and activities.Enhancing School-Based Health Services
School-based health services (SBHS) are a powerful, yet underused strategy to expand equitable healthcare to students.Expanding Afterschool and Summer Learning to Boost Student Success
Too many young people miss out, while community programs struggle to stay afloat.
read moreCalifornia Ramps Up Support for Community Schools
The state bets big on a long-term strategy to marshal resources to help the neediest students and improve their schools.
read moreStudent Voice: Essential Ingredient to Decisions on School Start Times
Nevada’s avenues for student input succeed in changing the conversation.
read moreFive Questions State Boards Should Ask about Students' Access to Physical Education
Despite most states requiring participation in physical education, a national survey finds access in K-12 schools is severely lacking. State leaders can improve access to physical education starting with these five questions.
read moreSix Questions to Advance Media Literacy and Digital Citizenship
Adolescents consume a lot of screen media, which exposes them to potentially harmful media messages that impacts their physical, mental, and social well-being. Read how some states are equipping students with skills to navigate a complex media landscape.
read moreIndiana, Guam, and the District of Columbia Lead Efforts to Create Healthy School Facilities
The Indiana, Guam, and D.C. state boards of education each received grants through NASBE’s Healthy School Facilities Network, a project aimed at building and enhancing the capacity of states to ensure all students have access to healthy school facilities free from environmental harms.
read moreEmpowering Families to Improve Youth Mental Health
State education leaders can foster children’s mental health by increasing families’ preparedness and awareness of available resources and activities.
read moreBeyond Testing for Lead in Drinking Water: Implications for Funding
While most states encourage or require schools to test for lead in drinking water, funding to sustain remediation lags—despite significant federal grants designed to boost those efforts.
read moreUnderstanding Who Is Missing and Why
The pandemic only magnified chronic absence among students with the greatest needs and made the problem harder to ignore.
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