State Boards Revisit Civics Education and Social Studies Standards

Underscoring renewed national interest in how young people become informed, engaged citizens, at least 31 states proposed 115 bills or…
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States Ramp Up Computer Science Standards

Thirty-four states have K-12 computer science standards, according to Code.org, up from seven in 2016. In parallel with this wave…

Iowa and Virginia Weigh Rules on Seclusion and Restraint

State boards of education in Iowa and Virginia considered new regulations this summer intended to curtail abuses in schools’ imposition…
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States Support Districts in Strengthening Principal Pipelines

From 2011 to 2016, the Wallace Foundation helped six large urban school districts transform how they prepare, hire, and support principals. In an April 2019 report, Susan M. Gates and colleagues found improvements to principal pipelines in these districts to […]

State Boards Weigh Teacher Certification and Student Safety and Wellness in 2018

In 2018, NASBE’s State Board Insight reveals that state boards regularly addressed broad topics like finance and charter schools as well as more particular initiatives related to teacher certification, implementation of the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), student safety and […]

Bus Safety and Training Gain Traction on State Boards

In September 2018, the U.S. Congress introduced House Bill 6773, which directs the secretary of transportation to issue rules on inclusion of three-point safety seat belts in school buses. While students are nearly 70 times more likely to get to […]

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