Achieving Results through School Redesign
Five principles guide staffing design, and state leaders have three tasks.
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Leaders Back Statewide Plans to Improve Math Learning
Leading states have been launching or expanding plans to bolster students’ math learning.
States Take Next Steps on Governing AI Use in Schools
In 2026, state boards of education are likely to move beyond issuing AI guidance and toward monitoring implementation and possibly developing policies.
Turning Graduate Portraits into Pathways
North Carolina and Indiana are leading in the push toward teaching and assessing durable skills.
Expanding Access to K-12 High School Work-Based Learning
Several state boards are leveraging graduation requirements, diploma seals, specialized high schools, accountability systems, and aligning with business needs to expand work-based learning opportunities for more students.
Opportunities and Challenges: Insights from North Carolina’s AI Guidelines
Early guidance helps all schools seize the technology’s potential and mitigate the risks.
New State Strategic Plans Zero In on Learning Recovery
This NASBE analysis looks at 49 state strategic plans and finds many target learning recovery and other pandemic-related education issues.
States Elevate Principal Excellence through Leadership Academies
Analysis charts how Missouri, Delaware, and North Carolina developed evidence-based professional learning for current and prospective school leaders to increase their effectiveness and reduce turnover.