
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

Discussing Youth Mental Health at the 2023 Jed Policy Summit

Lessons From the World’s High-Performing Education Systems

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

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

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

Governors’ Education Policy Advisors Institute 2022

Improving Mental Health Services and Increasing Supportive Services in Schools
Academic Supports

Lessons Learned from Afterschool and Summer Learning and Enrichment in 2021

Strategies for Reengaging Students During and Beyond The COVID-19 Pandemic

State Leaders Outline Strategies for Accelerating Student Learning Amid Pandemic
Educator Workforce

Governors Welcome Action to Address Teacher Shortages

Community Renewal Task Force Meeting on the Educator Workforce

State Policy Levers to Support Principal Pipelines
NGA K-12 Education Library

Governors Welcome Action to Address Teacher Shortages

Improving Mental Health Services and Increasing Supportive Services in Schools

K-12 Computer Science Education – NGA 2022 Summer Meeting

NGA 2022 Summer Meeting

Bipartisan Safer Communities Act

Governors, Private Sector, Education Leaders Advance Computer Science Education

State of the States: Student and School Staff Health and Wellness

State of the States: Academic Supports

Webinar: Education Trends in 2022 State of the State Addresses
