NGA Center for Best Practices
NGA Center for Best Practices teams develop innovative solutions to today’s most pressing public policy challenges. The NGA Center is the only research and development firm that directly serves the nation’s Governors.
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2026 Energy Resilience Roundtable for U.S. Territories, Alaska & Hawaiʻi
Energy supports daily life, economic opportunity, and public safety, and its importance is never clearer than when the power goes out. That is why ensuring resilient, reliable and affordable energy ...
NGA statement regarding 530A Accounts Auto-Enrollment
National Governors Association Chair Maryland Governor Wes Moore and Vice Chair Indiana Governor Mike Braun today issued the following statement regarding 530A Accounts Auto-Enrollment “We applaud the Administration for taking ...
Addressing the Cost of Care: Child Care Access and Affordability
Across the country, Governors are working to bring down the cost of living for everyday Americans, and improving child care access and affordability remains a key priority in those efforts ...
Reigniting the American Dream
Every American should have the opportunity to build a life of purpose, to strengthen their community, and to help shape a nation defined not only by prosperity, but by potential realized. Yet across our very diverse states, too many people have lost faith in this opportunity. They’ve faced too many obstacles, encountered too many closed doors, and given up the hope of a brighter future. We can do better.
Reigniting the American Dream is more than an initiative. It’s an invitation for every U.S. governor to take action.
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Reimagining and Strengthening the Role of the School Principal
Megan Bennett and Chelsi Merry-Chang of the Aspen Institute's Education and Society Program join NGA to discuss bold new ideas ...
Governors Advancing Youth Apprenticeship Through Legislative and Executive Action in 2026
Youth apprenticeships represent a powerful tool for governors to provide opportunities for young people to gain skills and certifications for ...
State Snapshots For Strengthening The Educator Workforce
A series of conversations with nationally recognized experts in the education field on strategies and promising practices for strengthening educator ...
AI and the Future of Work
As the labor market rapidly evolves with advances in artificial intelligence (AI), governors stand at the forefront of innovative, bipartisan ...
Permitting Reform
America’s energy problem is not resources, it is speed. Governors from both parties have united behind a package of commonsense ...
Attainment Through Apprenticeship
Degree apprenticeships are emerging as a powerful strategy for states and territories seeking to align education and workforce systems, address ...
2026 Health Policy Leadership Forum
The National Governors Association Center for Best Practices (NGA Center) convened state and territory governors’ health policy advisors in Charlotte, ...
High-Quality Youth Development and Out-of-School-Time (OST) Opportunities
In this "High-Quality Youth Development and Out-of-School-Time (OST) Opportunities" webinar hosted by the National Governors Association, Jodi Grant of the ...
Building the Infrastructure America Needs
Infrastructure works best when no one notices it. Clean water flows from the tap, goods move efficiently across highways and ...
A Look at the Alabama Principal Leadership Development System
In this webinar, hosted by the National Governors Association, Dr. Anna Shepherd-Jones presented the Alabama Principal Leadership Development System (APLDS), ...
Oregon Policy Academy Retreat on Energy Transmission
On May 20-21, the Oregon Department of Energy, in partnership with the National Governors Association (NGA) and the office of ...
Opportunity Zones 2.0: What States Need to Know Now
The National Governors Association (NGA) and AmericaFWD recently convened state economic development officials, researchers and investment experts to take stock ...
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