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Investing in Early Childhood Workforce Recovery
Analysis details how states, including Kentucky, New Jersey, North Carolina and others, are using COVID relief funds to help the early childhood workforce recover from the pandemic.Building Trauma-Informed School Systems
This analysis highlights ways states can embed trauma-informed practices in mandated teacher training and ensure that schools reduce the risks to teachers from STS.Achieving Equity and Excellence in Mathematics Teaching
States should revamp how teachers are equipped to deliver effective instruction.Teacher Diversity and Student Success
State policymakers should name diversity as a marker of teacher quality.Partner Resource
Using State-level Policy Levers to Promote Principal Quality
The Wallace Foundation, a long-time NASBE partner, has released a report by the RAND Corporation that looks at how seven states—California, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, North Carolina, and Virginia—have used policy to try to improve the principalship.States Can Strengthen Principal Preparation through Internships
Alexandria, VA—Eighteen percent of principals leave their posts annually, largely citing inadequate preparation as a key reason for leaving. Yet, principal preparation programs have been slow to keep up with the changing demands of the profession. In the same way investing in teacher apprenticeship programs helps address teacher shortages, strengthening principal preparation through principal internships […]
read morePreparing Principals through High-Quality Internships
To equip and retain more high-quality school leaders, states can encourage principal internships as a key part of preparation.
read moreNASBE’s Standard Explores Strategies to Better Prepare, Recruit, and Support Teachers
Alexandria, VA—Educator shortages and the burnout of teachers and school leaders in the wake of the pandemic have been the subject of news headlines and on the agendas of state boards of education. In its recent announcement of federal initiatives to address staffing challenges, the Biden administration signaled its commitment to strengthen the profession. With […]
read moreMeeting Educator Staffing Challenges through Grow-Your-Own Programs
Join NASBE for a discuss on the promise of grow-your-own practices to strengthen the educator pipeline. We'll hear from state leaders from Missouri and West Virginia.
read moreEquipping Teachers
Teacher recruitment, preparation, and retention tops the priorities among state board members for better information to guide policymaking.
read moreThe NASBE Interview: Christine Benson, Sharif El-Mekki, Willis Walter, and Ryan Saunders
"All indications are that teacher turnover is rising and will continue to do so."
read moreFrom the President's Pen: Celebrate Teachers
There is enough evidence to point us to better ways of ensuring that every student has a great educational experience every day.
read morePreparing Pre-K Teachers: Policy Considerations and Strategies
Four practices to increase the pool of skilled early educators stand out as promising.
read moreEnsuring Equity in Grow-Your-Own Programs
State-level criteria for programs' design can yield better outcomes in preparing and retaining diverse teachers.
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