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Teacher and Principal Policy Toolkit

This policy toolkit provides a wide variety of resources around the recruitment, preparation and retention of educators as well as information on teacher shortages and preparation program terminology.

Pre-K-12 Education Legislation Database

The Education database tracks state legislation on more than 50 Pre-K-12 education issues, including curriculum, educators, finance and student supports (2023 to present).
Database

Student Loan Debt Toolkit

Approximately 44 million Americans owe an outstanding student loan balance and nationally borrowers owe more than $1.7 trillion.

Student Loan Database

This interactive database tracks state legislation related to student loan debt across several categories, including forgiveness, licensure, oversight and taxes. It includes pending, failed and enacted bills since 2015.
Database

How to Make a School Great? Start With a Great Principal.

Research shows that educators are the most important in-school factor contributing to student outcomes. NCSL recently brought together principals and state legislators and staff for a discussion of instructional leadership in literacy and mathematics education.

State Legislatures News

US Students Lose Ground in National Math and Reading Exam

The 2024 National Assessment of Educational Progress shows discouraging trends in how well fourth and eighth graders read and do math, Harvard education professor Martin West says in NCSL’s “Hot Topics in Education” virtual series.

State Legislatures News