
NGA Center for Best Practices
The NGA Center for Best Practices teams and divisions develop innovative solutions to today’s most pressing public policy challenges. The center is the only research and development firm that directly serves the nation’s Governors.
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Disagree Better Panelists Highlight Ways to Teach Students of All Ages about Healthy Conflict and Free Expression

Giving Thanks, Giving Back

Building Systems for Success: Key Considerations for Youth Apprenticeship System Design

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Disagree Better
Americans need to disagree better. And by that we don’t mean that we need to be nicer to each other, although that’s helpful. We need to learn to disagree in a way that allows us to find solutions and solve problems instead of endlessly bickering.
The “exhausted majority” of Americans want this, and the science is clear about interventions that reduce polarization. As doers and builders, Governors are in a unique position to model what healthy conflict looks like.
Governor Spencer Cox’s Disagree Better NGA Chair’s initiative looks at the problems of polarization, elevates the solutions that groups around the country are already implementing, and features Governors showing what disagreeing better looks like. Through public debates, service projects, public service announcements and a variety of other tactics, Americans will see a more positive and optimistic way of working through our problems.
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State Longitudinal Data Ecosystem

Disagree Better Panelists Highlight Ways to Teach Students of All Ages about Healthy Conflict and Free Expression

Giving Thanks, Giving Back

Building Systems for Success: Key Considerations for Youth Apprenticeship System Design

Lessons From the World’s High-Performing Education Systems

Service as a Pathway to Economic Opportunity: A Roadmap for Governors

Healthcare Delivery Topics Explored at the 2023 Governors’ Health and Human Services Advisors Institute

Advancing Apprenticeship: Opportunities For States And Business To Create And Expand Registered Apprenticeship Programs

EV Workforce Collaborative

2023 Governors’ Education Policy Advisors Institute: K-12 Education Highlights

The Structures of State Energy Offices and Utility Regulatory Entities

Governors’ Responses to Challenges in Housing Availability and Affordability
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