
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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Governors: ‘Today We Stand With All Floridians’
Student and Staff Well-Being
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Strategies for Reengaging Students During and Beyond The COVID-19 Pandemic
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Arkansas Department of Education Hosts Student & Educator Well-Being Forum
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National Governors Association to Work With 6 States to Meet Social and Emotional Needs of Students and Families
Academic Recovery / Summer Learning and Enrichment
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Governor’s Pocket Guide to Early Literacy
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Chronic Absenteeism Webinar
Digital Literacy
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Governors, Private Sector, Education Leaders Advance Computer Science Education
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Governors Convening on Computer Science Education
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Arkansas Gov. Hutchinson Advances Computer Science Education Initiative with State Leaders, National Experts
Educator Workforce
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How Maryland Policymakers Are Working Together to Improve School Principal Quality
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Promising Practices in Boosting School Leadership Capacity: Principal Academies
Education Finance
K-12, Postsecondary, Workforce Connections
NGA K-12 Education Library

National Governors Association Chairman’s Initiative Highlighted at CSEdCon
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2021 State of Computer Science Education Report
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Lessons Learned from Afterschool and Summer Learning and Enrichment in 2021
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State Policy Levers to Support Principal Pipelines
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Strategies for Reengaging Students During and Beyond The COVID-19 Pandemic
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Western Governors University and the National Governors Association Announce Strategic Partnership
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Arkansas Governor Asa Hutchinson Introduces NGA Chair’s Initiative on Computer Science Education
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Work Based Learning
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Governors Prioritize Expanding Internet Access for K-12 Students
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Arkansas Department of Education Hosts Student & Educator Well-Being Forum
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