Posted June 9, 2025 What the NCAA Settlement Means for Colleges and State Legislatures The landmark NCAA settlement will allow for college athletics programs to directly compensate student-athletes for their name, image and likeness, or NIL. The settlement will also provide nearly $3 billion in damage claims to former athletes. State Legislatures News, Policy, Education, State-Federal
Posted May 1, 2025 To Address Pandemic Setbacks, Districts Put Focus on Effective School Leaders 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. State Legislatures News, Policy, Education
Posted April 7, 2025 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... State Legislatures News, Policy, Education
Posted March 24, 2025 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... State Legislatures News, Policy, Education
Posted March 21, 2025 FAQ: The Education Department and the Federal Role in Education 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... State Legislatures News, Policy, Education, State-Federal
Posted March 21, 2025 What to Know About Trump’s Order to Close the Education Department 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. State Legislatures News, Policy, Education, State-Federal