Focusing on the critical role of school principals, NCSL recently spoke with Tricia McManus, superintendent of Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools, to learn more about her strategies for bolstering the principal workforce.

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...

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...

States are granted plenary authority on matters of education by the 10th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. State and local governments typically provide about 90% of revenues for elementary and secondary education and account for over 40% of...

President Trump issued an executive order on March 20 directing Secretary of Education Linda McMahon to take steps within her authority to facilitate the closure of the U.S. Department of Education.

Higher education faces numerous challenges today, from rising tuition costs to the need for more innovative learning models. In this installment of “State of Play,” a bipartisan video series created by A Starting Point and NCSL,...