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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A Look at the Alabama Principal Leadership Development System
In a webinar for state education leaders, Dr. Anna Shepherd-Jones presented the Alabama Principal Leadership Development System (APLDS), explaining its purpose to improve principal effectiveness and student outcomes. Resources: Presentation ...
Briefing on Legal Considerations for Gubernatorial Transition Planning
The National Governors Association recently hosted a briefing on legal considerations related to gubernatorial transition planning. The discussion explored the unique role Governors' legal counsel play in supporting an orderly ...
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 recruitment and retention, including for advancing school leadership policies and ...
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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Human Capital Learning Lab
October 23–24, 2017 | New Orleans, LA The National Governors Association Center for Best Practices (NGA Center) hosted the Human ...
Transportation Electrification Webinar Training Series
The National Governors Association Center for Best Practices (NGA Center) hosted a webinar series on converging trends in transportation electrification ...
Energy Innovation Summit
October 4–5, 2017 | Denver, CO The world is changing rapidly, with innovative technologies affecting our way of life and ...
State Approaches to Implementing Community-Based Alternatives to Incarceration for Youth Involved in the Justice System
In many states, governors have led bipartisan juvenile justice reform to improve youth outcomes and public safety. Guiding those efforts ...
2017 Policy Institute for Governors’ Human Services Advisors
September 25–27, 2017 | Baltimore, MD The National Governors Association Center for Best Practices (NGA Center) hosted a policy advisors' ...
State Strategies for Venture Capital and Rural Development
This webinar featured model rural programs from the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s State Small Business Credit Initiative. It was ...
Developing Talent in Rural America through Work-based Learning Experiences
As rural communities struggle to grow their economies and retain skilled labor, work-based learning experiences such as internships and apprenticeships ...
How Maryland Policymakers Are Working Together to Improve School Principal Quality
Many states have recently devoted significant attention to improving the quality of teaching and school leadership. Changes to teacher and ...
Transportation Electrification Webinar Training Series
The National Governors Association Center for Best Practices (NGA Center) hosted a webinar series on converging trends in transportation electrification ...
Experts Roundtable on Creating “Smart States” Initiative
August 16, 2017 | Washington, DC The National Governors Association Center for Best Practices (NGA Center), in collaboration with the ...
Rural Health Learning Collaborative: Improving Access to Behavioral Health Care in Rural Areas
August 9–10, 2017 | Washington, DC The National Governors Association Center for Best Practices (NGA Center) Health Division hosted a ...
2017 Water Policy Institute
August 8–9, 2017 | Annapolis, MD The National Governors Association Center for Best Practices (NGA Center) held a meeting for ...
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