K-12 Education
NGA provides information, research synthesis, policy analysis, technical assistance and resources to governors and their staff on education topics. At the center of the division’s work are three core principles: equity, alignment and data-driven. The division focuses its work on five key initiatives: whole child; personalized education; human capital; standards, assessments, and accountability; and governance and finance. Each initiative includes a range of focus areas that align with the needs of governors and their education policy advisors.
Strategies for Advancing Equity Through State Education Budgets During & Beyond COVID
This webinar explores opportunities, challenges, and strategies for governors as they create and move forward state education budgets during and beyond COVID-19. Topics of the conversation include how governors can ...
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K-12 Education Issues
Education policy is a constitutional responsibility of states, and governors play a leading role in efforts to improve education. The challenges states face in K-12 education are complex, and governors ...
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Putting CARES Act Funds to Work: Investing in Education, Investing in Recovery
Federal support is needed to ensure school safety, as well as protect public health, stimulate the economy, coordinate and support vaccine distribution, and help prevent tax increases. Our recovery is ...
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COVID-19 K-12 SCHOOL OPENING AND CLOSING POLICIES
Summary of Established State Thresholds (View/Download) Introduction As the country continues to battle the COVID-19 pandemic, ensuring high-quality K-12 education while also minimizing the risk that students, teachers, and staff ...
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Child Care for School-Aged Children
The need for child care for both young and school age children, who are learning from home during the day while adults work, has thus expanded to more families and ...
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Letter Urging Congress to Extend Waiver Authorities for the COVID-19 School Nutrition Rules
"As districts and community programs prepare for the upcoming school year, it is becoming increasingly clear that most students will not be at school or be able to eat breakfast ...
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Parts of a Whole: Critical Aspects to Support PreK to Grade 3
Virtual Convening | August 4-6, 2020 The education field is steeped in tough issues related to fall 2020. They face competing demands to address young students' academic needs, their social-emotional ...
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School Nutrition and Meals Programs During K-12 School Reopening
(View/Download) Introduction Due to the COVID-19 pandemic and corresponding economic decline, the number of Americans experiencing food insecurity has skyrocketed in the United States. According to surveys administered by the ...
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Governors and Education Leaders Call for Funding and Flexibility to Ensure Student Safety in Fall
In a letter to congressional leaders, the National Governors Association (NGA) and groups representing state K-12 education agencies, local school boards, universities, community colleges, educators and the special education community ...
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