K-12 Education

Governors are leading efforts across the country to ensure that students in their states graduate prepared to succeed in postsecondary, the workforce, and life. The NGA K-12 Education Team supports Governors in these efforts by regularly bringing together Governors’ education policy advisors to connect with and learn from each other and national and state experts in the field; providing ongoing responsive and proactive technical assistance; and through the development of resources and reports that spotlight promising practices and actionable strategies on timely topics, including addressing students’ academic needs and well-being and strengthening the educator workforce.

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Major Initiatives 

Governors’ Education Policy Advisor Convenings

The NGA K-12 Education Team plans to host a national convening of Governors’ education policy advisors in September 2024 to support gubernatorial efforts on key K-12 policies and priorities, including academic growth, student well-being and educator recruitment and retention.  The convening will also provide Governors’ education policy advisors with an opportunity to connect with their peers from across the country.  See recaps of similar meetings in May 2023 and October 2023.


Technical Assistance Resources

In addition to ongoing responsive support, the NGA K-12 Education Team is currently supporting a bipartisan mix of nine Governors’ offices (four Republican, five Democratic) through the 2023-2024 Academic Supports and Student and School Staff Well-Being Project


Timely and Ongoing Resources

NGA’s K-12 Education Team regularly produces informative briefings, podcasts, and webinars featuring subject matter experts in the field, Governors’ staff and state education leaders.  The team’s webinar series spotlights State Strategies for Addressing K-12 Student Needs from state budgets to parent, family, and community engagement and supporting students with unique needs.  The State Snapshots for Strengthening the Educator Workforce podcast series covers a range of topics related to teacher and principal recruitment and retention.

State Strategies For Addressing K-12 Student Needs

A series of conversations with subject matter experts, state education leaders, and practitioners to explore gubernatorial strategies for addressing students’ academic needs and well-being, hosted by the NGA’s Center for Best Practices K-12 Education Team.


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 priorities at the gubernatorial and state level, hosted by the NGA’s Center for Best Practices K-12 Education Team. For additional information, research, and resources on principals and school leaders, please visit the Wallace Foundation Knowledge Center.


Meet The Team

  • Seth Gerson, Program Director
  • Ekaan Ahmad, Policy Coordinator

K-12 Topics

Student and Staff Well-Being

2023-2024 Academic Supports and Student and School Staff Well-Being Project

2023-2024 Academic Supports and Student and School Staff Well-Being Project

The National Governors Association’s K-12 Education Team is supporting Alabama, Maine, New Hampshire, New York, North Carolina, Oregon, Rhode Island, Vermont, and Wyoming to address student academic needs and student ...
Comprehensive Strategies to Address School Safety

Comprehensive Strategies to Address School Safety

This webinar showcases research related to comprehensive approaches for addressing school safety across the areas of public safety, mental and behavioral health, and education. Expert panelists offer lessons learned and ...
National Governors Association Launches Project to Support Five States to Bolster Mental Health and Well-Being in Schools

National Governors Association Launches Project to Support Five States to Bolster Mental Health and Well-Being in Schools

Maine, New Hampshire, North Carolina, Oregon and Wyoming to develop projects to advance student and school staff mental health and well-being Washington, DC – The National Governors Association (NGA) will ...
The National Governors Association and Education Commission of the States Host K-12 Education Summit 

The National Governors Association and Education Commission of the States Host K-12 Education Summit 

Governors’ education policy advisors convened in Phoenix, Arizona to share gubernatorial strategies in top K-12 education priority areas. Advisors learned from each other and national experts during group panels and ...

Academic Supports

A series of conversations with subject matter experts, state education leaders, and practitioners to explore gubernatorial strategies for addressing students’ academic needs and well-being, hosted by the NGA’s Center for ...
State Strategies for Addressing K-12 Student Needs

State Strategies for Addressing K-12 Student Needs

A Conversation With Andreas Schleicher of the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development. In this NGA webinar conversation, Andreas Schleicher, Director for Education and Skills and Special Advisor on Education ...
Lessons From the World’s High-Performing Education Systems

Lessons From the World’s High-Performing Education Systems

Governors’ education policy advisors convened in Phoenix, Arizona to share gubernatorial strategies in top K-12 education priority areas. Advisors learned from each other and national experts during group panels and ...
The National Governors Association and Education Commission of the States Host K-12 Education Summit 

The National Governors Association and Education Commission of the States Host K-12 Education Summit 

Governors’ advisors met in Greensboro, North Carolina to discuss current challenges and state solutions in K-12 education policy. By Seth Gerson & Catherine Van Ness The National Governors Association (NGA) ...
Governors’ Education Policy Advisors Institute 2022

Governors’ Education Policy Advisors Institute 2022

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Educator Workforce

In this webinar, David Donaldson, Founding and Managing Partner of the National Center for Grow Your Own, shares an overview and highlights of high-quality Grow Your Own and registered apprenticeship ...
High-Quality Teacher and Principal Grow Your Own & Registered Apprenticeship Models

High-Quality Teacher and Principal Grow Your Own & Registered Apprenticeship Models

A Conversation With Andreas Schleicher of the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development. In this NGA webinar conversation, Andreas Schleicher, Director for Education and Skills and Special Advisor on Education ...
Lessons From the World’s High-Performing Education Systems

Lessons From the World’s High-Performing Education Systems

Governors’ education policy advisors convened in Phoenix, Arizona to share gubernatorial strategies in top K-12 education priority areas. Advisors learned from each other and national experts during group panels and ...
The National Governors Association and Education Commission of the States Host K-12 Education Summit 

The National Governors Association and Education Commission of the States Host K-12 Education Summit 

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 ...
State Snapshots For Strengthening The Educator Workforce

State Snapshots For Strengthening The Educator Workforce

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NGA K-12 Education Library

Insights and Opportunities on Public Sector Skills Based Strategy Efforts

Insights and Opportunities on Public Sector Skills Based Strategy Efforts

Since 2021, Governors in more than twenty states have taken steps to remove unnecessary bachelor’s degree requirements for jobs in the public sector. This momentum for innovation, spurred by a ...
Strategic School Staffing and Reimagining The Teaching Role

Strategic School Staffing and Reimagining The Teaching Role

In this webinar, Dr. Karen Hawley Miles, Chief Executive Officer, and Dr. Ventura Rodriguez, Partner of Education Resource Strategies provide an overview of strategic school staffing, including models underway across ...
State Policies That Support School Leadership Development and Support

State Policies That Support School Leadership Development and Support

In this webinar, Dr. Bonnie Fusarelli, Distinguished Professor, University Faculty Scholar & Executive Director of NC State’s Leadership Preparation Programs, shares an overview of the impact of principals and school ...
Spotlighting Missouri’s Efforts to Strengthen Education for Students, Families, and Schools Across The State

Spotlighting Missouri’s Efforts to Strengthen Education for Students, Families, and Schools Across The State

This webinar brings together Jamie Birch, Director of Policy for Governor Mike Parson of Missouri, and Dr. Margie Vandeven, Commissioner of Education for the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary ...
Strategies for Addressing Chronic Absenteeism & Boosting Student Engagement

Strategies for Addressing Chronic Absenteeism & Boosting Student Engagement

In these two webinars, first Dr. Robert Balfanz, Director of the Everyone Graduates Center and then a panel of national education experts, Hedy Chang of Attendance Works, Denise Forte of ...
Getting Ready for Let’s Get Ready at the 2024 NGA Summer Meeting

Getting Ready for Let’s Get Ready at the 2024 NGA Summer Meeting

For those who don’t know, the National Governors Association is bipartisan – and not just as a veneer. It is literally built into the structure of the organization, with an ...
High-Quality Teacher and Principal Grow Your Own & Registered Apprenticeship Models

High-Quality Teacher and Principal Grow Your Own & Registered Apprenticeship Models

In this webinar, David Donaldson, Founding and Managing Partner of the National Center for Grow Your Own, shares an overview and highlights of high-quality Grow Your Own and registered apprenticeship ...
Governor McKee Hosts Statewide Event to Address Chronic Absenteeism

Governor McKee Hosts Statewide Event to Address Chronic Absenteeism

The National Governors Association (NGA) joined Rhode Island Governor Dan McKee, Always Learning Rhode Island and the Rhode Island Department of Education May 11 to hold a ceremony at the ...
Spotlighting Maine’s Efforts to Strengthen Education for Students, Families and Schools Across the State

Spotlighting Maine’s Efforts to Strengthen Education for Students, Families and Schools Across the State

This webinar brings together Joe Marro, Senior Policy Advisor for Governor Janet Mills of Maine, and the Commissioner of the Maine Department of Education, Pender Makin, to discuss their ongoing ...