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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Discussing Youth Mental Health at the 2023 Jed Policy Summit

Discussing Youth Mental Health at the 2023 Jed Policy Summit

NGA’s Jess Kirchner and Jillian Meinhardt highlighted the importance of youth mental health at The Jed Foundation’s 2023 Jed Policy Summit. Thank you to The Jed Foundation for inviting Jess ...
Lessons From the World’s High-Performing Education Systems

Lessons From the World’s High-Performing Education Systems

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 ...
2023 Governors’ Education Policy Advisors Institute: K-12 Education Highlights

2023 Governors’ Education Policy Advisors Institute: K-12 Education Highlights

NGA convened Governors’ education policy advisors in Milwaukee, Wisconsin to share gubernatorial education strategies with each other and learn from national and state experts through panel conversations and small group ...
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 ...

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
  • Jillian Meinhardt, Policy Analyst
  • Ekaan Ahmad, Policy Coordinator

K-12 Topics

Student and Staff Well-Being

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NGA K-12 Education Library

Governors Comment On Congressional Review of Education Regulations

WASHINGTON—The National Governors Association (NGA) today released the following statement on Congressional Review Act disapproval resolutions blocking final regulations on Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) accountability and teacher preparation programs ...

Promising Practices in Boosting School Leadership Capacity: Principal Academies

The role of the public school principal has expanded dramatically in recent decades. The expanded role means they are now significant multipliers of effective teaching and have a real opportunity ...

Governors Comment on Education Law Accountability Rule

WASHINGTON—The National Governors Association today released the following the U.S. Department of Education’s release of the final accountability rule under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA): “Today's final rule on ...

ESSA Supplement, Not Supplant Recommendations

The Honorable John B. King, Jr. Secretary U.S. Department of Education 400 Maryland Avenue, SW Washington, DC 20202 Docket ID: ED-2016-OESE-0056 Dear Secretary King: On behalf of the National Conference ...

ESSA Notice of Proposed Rulemaking Recommendations

The Honorable John King Secretary U.S. Department of Education 400 Maryland Avenue SW Washington, DC 20024 Dear Secretary King: On behalf of the nation’s governors, we write to provide recommendations ...

ESSA Implementation

John B. King, Jr. Secretary U.S. Department of Education 400 Maryland Avenue Washington, D.C. 20202 Dear Secretary King: On behalf of states, districts, educators and parents with a strong commitment ...

Testimony – ESSA Implementation

Statement of The Honorable Gary R. Herbert, Governor of Utah Before the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee On “ESSA Implementation in States and School Districts: Perspectives from Education ...

ESSA Implementation

John B. King, Jr. Acting Secretary U.S. Department of Education 400 Maryland Avenue Washington, D.C. 20202 Dear Acting Secretary King: On behalf of states, school districts, educators and parents, we ...

Ed Week: Here’s How the Education World Thinks the Feds Should Regulate Under ESSA

NGA's stance on implementing the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) was mentioned in Education Week's Politics K-12 blog. The post says: "National Governors Association: The department should use a light touch in regulating ...

Every Student Succeeds Act

The Honorable Lamar Alexander Chair Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions U.S. Senate Washington, DC 20510 The Honorable Patty Murray Ranking Member Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions ...