
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.
Latest

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

State Levers for Recovery: Alabama, ESSER Impact Showcase

State Snapshots For Strengthening The Educator Workforce

State Partnerships for Advancing School Leadership
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
- Ekaan Ahmad, Policy Coordinator
K-12 Topics
Health and Safety

NGA’s Community Renewal Co-Chairs and U.S. Education Secretary Discuss Reopening America’s Schools

COVID-19 K-12 SCHOOL OPENING AND CLOSING POLICIES

Child Care for School-Aged Children
Student and Staff Well-Being

Strategies for Cross-Agency Collaboration to Support Student Well-Being

Improving Student, Family and School Staff Well-Being

Strategies for Addressing the Comprehensive Needs of Students and Families Through Community Schools and Wraparound Supports
Academic Recovery / Summer Learning and Enrichment

State of the States: Academic Supports

Elevating Opportunities for Innovation: Education Leadership in Colorado and Ohio

Lessons Learned from Afterschool and Summer Learning and Enrichment in 2021
Digital Literacy

K-12 Computer Science Education – NGA 2022 Summer Meeting

NGA 2022 Summer Meeting

Arkansas Governor Hutchinson Garners Bipartisan Support for Advancing Computer Science Education Nationally
Educator Workforce

Dr. Linda Darling-Hammond On Preparing And Developing Effective Principals & School Leaders

Governors’ Education Policy Advisors Institute 2022

Governors Welcome Action to Address Teacher Shortages
Education Finance

Strategies for Advancing Equity Through State Education Budgets During & Beyond COVID

Financing an Equitable and High-Quality System: Investing in Early Learning

Financing an Equitable and High-Quality K-12 Education System
K-12, Postsecondary, Workforce Connections

Education Topic Papers a Governor’s Dual Enrollment Framework for Success

Strada Education Network Invests in Development of State Policies for Adult Learners, Disconnected Youth

Policy Academy on Scaling Work-Based Learning: Knowledge Exchange Learning Lab
NGA K-12 Education Library

State Education Trends for 2023

Academic and Career Success – 2023 NGA Winter Meeting Task Force Meeting

Governors Engage with Federal Officials

Strategies for Addressing the Comprehensive Needs of Students and Families Through Community Schools and Wraparound Supports

Strategies for Parent, Family, Student and Community Engagement with K-12 Schools

Governors’ Education Policy Advisors Institute 2022

Governors Welcome Action to Address Teacher Shortages

K-12 Computer Science Education – NGA 2022 Summer Meeting
