Teacher salaries continue to lag behind those of college graduates in other professions, but many states are revisiting efforts to give them a raise. Teachers are about 30% more likely to work a second job compared with their...

When the pandemic forced many child care providers across the country to close or scale back operations, parents were left scrambling—and businesses got a clear view of how much they rely on the child care system.

While states are required to use portions of the Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief (ESSER) Fund to fund learning recovery initiatives and summer and afterschool programs, many state legislatures were already pursuing a variety of...

State lawmakers are addressing student academic and social-emotional learning losses caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.

State policymakers are exploring actions to provide support and address the challenges created by student loan debt.

Bellwether Education recently released a report detailing the extent of the attendance crisis. NCSL’s Dan Thatcher and Elizabeth Romanov spoke with one of the authors, Hailly Korman, about the complexity of the issue, the financial...