Updated January 04, 2024 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. Education
Updated March 11, 2024 Civic Learning Week Aims to Engage Young Americans in Democracy The second annual Civic Learning Week will offer hundreds of virtual and in-person events on media literacy, civic education in the age of artificial intelligence, and assessing civic readiness. The goal is to highlight the role of civic education in sustaining constitutional democracy. Center for Legislative Strengthening Education State Legislatures News
Updated February 21, 2024 Evidence-Based Instruction Shines in Meeting on Early Learning NCSL and the National Association of State Boards of Education gathered legislators and board members to discuss early education policy, with a focus on successful collaboration between legislatures and boards of education on statewide early learning. Education State Legislatures News
Updated February 15, 2024 Digital Learning Day Highlights Virtual Teaching Tools and Practices Digital Learning Day, which highlights digital learning tools and teaching practices, falls on Feb. 15 this year. Education Technology State Legislatures News
Updated February 12, 2024 Beyond the Bell: Out-of-School Learning Programs Can Help Kids Catch Up and Excel Among the key educational trends of 2022-23 were increased funding for afterschool initiatives, a heightened focus on learning recovery, collaboration with community-based organizations, efforts to measure program effectiveness, and support for flexible learning models. Education State Legislatures News
Updated February 12, 2024 Innovative Postsecondary Funding Strategies NCSL Policy Brief focusing on innovative postsecondary education funding strategies. Education
Updated February 06, 2024 The Right School Principals Can Boost Teacher Retention, Student Outcomes With more school principals than teachers leaving the field, states have an opportunity to strengthen this vital leadership position through peer learning; principal pipelines; and collaboration with state agencies, districts, colleges and universities, and community organizations. Education State Legislatures News
Updated January 29, 2024 Double Duties: Student Parents’ Struggle to Find Child Care and How State Policy Can Help For the twenty percent of higher education students who are parents, the shortage of licensed and affordable child care is a big barrier to staying in school. Learn more about the issue and how policymakers are responding in this brief. Education Human Services Graphic
Updated January 29, 2024 Nondegree Credential State Policy Framework Report from the NCSL Nondegree Credentials Work Group that reviews nondegree credential policies that state legislatures can consider. Education Labor and Employment
Updated January 26, 2024 Legislators Explore Career-Ready Postsecondary Education Programs NCSL’s 2023 Higher Education Institute brought state lawmakers together to discuss improving postsecondary education system outcomes by supporting costs beyond tuition, creating career pathways and increasing data transparency and accountability. Education State Legislatures News
Updated January 21, 2024 Exploring Innovative Paths to Pay for College | OAS Episode 202 Our two guests on this episode—Ethan Pollack of Jobs for the Future and Andrew Smalley of NCSL—discuss how a set of innovative financial tools are helping students pay for college and other post-secondary education, and the role legislatures can play in facilitating those efforts. Education Podcast
Updated January 11, 2024 Problem Solvers: Task Force Debates Ways to Improve Higher Education NCSL convened a meeting of legislative leaders in higher education from 26 states to discuss college costs, graduation rates and other topics with federal policymakers and higher education executives. Education State-Federal State Legislatures News