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Press Release

Addressing Teachers’ Social and Emotional Learning Is Key to Comprehensive SEL Implementation

For Immediate Release: January 24, 2019 Contact: Renee Rybak Lang, renee.lang@nasbe.org 703-740-4841 Addressing Teachers’ Social and Emotional Learning Is Key to Comprehensive SEL Implementation Alexandria, VA – Spurred by research showing the gains students realize from school-based social and emotional learning (SEL), states are adopting policies that support districts in implementing, sustaining, and spreading it. […]


Press Release

NASBE’s Standard Explores Ways State Policymakers Can Advance Student Safety and Wellness

For Immediate Release: January 17, 2019 Contact: Renée Rybak Lang, renee.lang@nasbe.org, 703-740-4841 NASBE’s Standard Explores Ways State Policymakers Can Advance Student Safety and Wellness Alexandria, VA – The horrific school shootings in Florida and elsewhere in 2018 sparked new rounds of questioning across the country about how to prevent such tragedies and keep students safe. […]


The Standard

Student Safety and Wellness

The horrific school shootings in Florida and elsewhere in 2018 sparked new rounds of questioning across the country about how to prevent such tragedies and keep students safe.


Press Release

NASBE Statement on Federal Commission on School Safety Report

For Immediate Release: December 18, 2018 Contact: Renee Rybak Lang, renee.lang@nasbe.org, 703-740-4841 NASBE Statement on the Federal Commission on School Safety Report Alexandria, Va. –   National Association of State Boards of Education (NASBE) President and CEO Kristen Amundson issued this statement on the final report of the Federal Commission on School Safety, and specifically, the […]


Policy Update

Involving Students in State Education Governance

This analysis outlines the advantages to having a student at the state board table, not the least of which is having direct input from the very people that education policies are meant to benefit, increasing stakeholder engagement, and developing civically engaged youth leaders.


Press Release

More than 20 State Boards of Education Designate a Role for Students in Policymaking Process

For Immediate Release: December 12, 2018 Contact: Renee Rybak Lang, renee.lang@nasbe.org, 703-740-4841 More than 20 State Boards of Education Designate a Role for Students in Policymaking Process Alexandria, Va. –  As students across the country seek to influence policy on school safety, bullying, and mental health, some state boards of education are engaging students directly […]