College, Career, and Civic Readiness

The Standard - Article

District of Columbia Embeds Antiracist Lens in Update of Social Studies Standards

State board tees up a revision process and standards characterized by civic engagement and cultural responsiveness.

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The Standard - Article

Equity and English Learners Post-Pandemic

State leaders should ramp up supports for EL students and their families.

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The Standard - Article

Supporting Youth with the Most Need

For many, the pandemic has been just one of a host of barriers to a high-quality education.

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State Innovations

Michigan Adds Certificate for Birth to Kindergarten Teachers

A detail of how the Michigan State Board of Education, working closely with the state education agency, is expanding opportunities to improve early educators’ preparation.

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Press Release

Michigan’s Birth to Kindergarten Certificate Professionalizes Early Learning Workforce

A new NASBE analysis details how the Michigan State Board of Education, working closely with the state education agency, is expanding opportunities to improve early educators’ preparation.

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Early Childhood Education Summit

Join us as national experts discuss the challenges facing ECE and the strategies and resources states can tap to meet them. Participants will learn from other state board colleagues about barriers to effective ECE policymaking and potential solutions.

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Press Release

Analysis Highlights State Assessment Strategies for Gauging Student Outcomes and Opportunities in Challenging Year

A new NASBE Policy Update explores the strategies states employed to administer assessments in the 2020-21 school year.

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Policy Update

State Strategies on Assessments in 2021

This analysis explores the strategies states employed to administer assessments in the 2020-21 school year. It also highlights the opportunities for state boards to learn from and make the best use of data collected from the pandemic school year.

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A Conversation on Reimagining School, Post-Pandemic

The spring issue of NASBE’s State Education Standard takes the lessons learned during pandemic-induced school closures and challenges state policymakers to reexamine and reform their education systems. Join us for a discussion drawing on key themes from the issue, including the role of community and student agency in school reform and redesign, state policy levers […]

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