
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 recovery and well-being and strengthening educator recruitment and retention.
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State Snapshots For Strengthening The Educator Workforce
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State Partnerships for Advancing School Leadership
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Lessons from the World’s High-Performing Education Systems: A Conversation with Andreas Schleicher
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State Strategies for Addressing K-12 Student Needs
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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
- Catherine Van Ness, Senior Policy Analyst
- Jillian Meinhardt, Policy Analyst
K-12 Topics
Health and Safety
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Improving Mental Health Services and Increasing Supportive Services in Schools
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Bipartisan Safer Communities Act
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State of the States: Student and School Staff Health and Wellness
Student and Staff Well-Being
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Strategies for Cross-Agency Collaboration to Support Student Well-Being
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Improving Student, Family and School Staff Well-Being
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Strategies for Addressing the Comprehensive Needs of Students and Families Through Community Schools and Wraparound Supports
Academic Recovery / Summer Learning and Enrichment
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State Strategies for Addressing K-12 Student Needs
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Governors’ Education Policy Advisors Institute 2022
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State of the States: Academic Supports
Digital Literacy
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Lessons Learned In Workforce Innovation: How Six States Are Planning to Advance Digital Skills for Equitable Economic Participation
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State Postsecondary Education’s Role in Digital Equity Planning
Educator Workforce
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State Snapshots For Strengthening The Educator Workforce
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State Partnerships for Advancing School Leadership
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Dr. Linda Darling-Hammond On Preparing And Developing Effective Principals & School Leaders
Education Finance
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Strategies for Cross-Agency Collaboration to Support Student Well-Being
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American Rescue Plan State Funding Profiles
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Strategies for Advancing Equity Through State Education Budgets During & Beyond COVID
K-12, Postsecondary, Workforce Connections
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Work Based Learning
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K-12 to Postsecondary Transitions During COVID-19: Opportunities for Governors and States
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Dual Credit in the Time of COVID-19
NGA K-12 Education Library

State Snapshots For Strengthening The Educator Workforce
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State Partnerships for Advancing School Leadership
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Lessons from the World’s High-Performing Education Systems: A Conversation with Andreas Schleicher
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State Strategies for Addressing K-12 Student Needs
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Dr. Linda Darling-Hammond On Preparing And Developing Effective Principals & School Leaders
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Strategies for Cross-Agency Collaboration to Support Student Well-Being
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State Education Trends for 2023
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Academic and Career Success – 2023 NGA Winter Meeting Task Force Meeting
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Governors Engage with Federal Officials
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