May 2024
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Volume 24, No. 2
California's Transitional Kindergarten: Lessons Learned
States can learn from California's statewide launch of transitional kindergarten, which has impacts on other ECE providers, workforce preparation and compensation, professional development, funding, and program evaluation, as well as implications for system governance.
read morePreschool for All
The state role in early education keeps growing. This Standard details the ways that states have expanded access to quality preschool, the research that supports these efforts, and the growing pains these initiatives are likely to experience.
read moreStates Increase Focus on Critical Media Literacy Skills
NASBE analysis identifies six key questions for state leaders to ask to advance media literacy standards.
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 moreStates’ Early Learning Initiatives in 2023 Seed 2024 Plans
A new NASBE Policy Update examines state actions in on early childhood education in 2023.
read moreState Advances in Early Childhood Education Seed Plans for 2024
In 2023, several states made significant strides toward universal pre-K, increased funding and support for early educators, and improved literacy and math instruction.
read moreAdvancing State Policy to Support Students with Dyslexia
Join us for a conversation about about the journey California, Georgia, and Wisconsin have taken to pass policy addressing the needs of students with dyslexia.
read moreEarly Literacy Work Group
NASBE formed the Early Literacy Work Group so that state board members and staff can learn from national experts about early-literacy trends and research and from other states that have employed effective policies and practices to increase young children’s reading success.
read moreDoing More by Doing Less
State boards ought to be reckoning with how to value and support teaching as a profession and an art.
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