Advisory Councils Seek to Shape Teaching of Native American History and Culture

When State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tony Thurmond announced in July 2021 that California’s American Indian Education Oversight Committee would…
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State Boards Expand Principal Pipelines in 2021

As schools face new and persistent challenges around student wellness, COVID-19 protocols, and educator recruitment and retention, state policymakers must…
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States Ramp Up Lead Testing and Water Flushing in Schools

In its proposed American Jobs Plan, the Biden administration’s call to eliminate lead pipes and service lines in drinking water…
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State Boards Address Student Wellness during the Pandemic

The pandemic forced most schools into an elongated period of virtual learning that left students disconnected from school communities and readily accessible supports they might otherwise find during a normal school year. Thirty percent of young people responding to a […]

Broadband, SEL, and Racial Equity Rise to the Top of State Board Agendas in 2020

Nearly all states required or recommended that public schools close their doors in 2020 due to the pandemic. As schools moved to distance learning, the state policy landscape shifted as well, with broadband and internet access, social and emotional learning, […]

Addressing Gaps in Holocaust and Genocide Education

According to a September 2020 survey of millennials and Gen Z respondents in 50 states conducted by the nonprofit Claims Conference, 63 percent of respondents did not know that 6 million Jews were murdered in the Holocaust. Although there were […]

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