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The National Association of State Boards of Education (NASBE) is a membership organization that develops, supports, and empowers citizen leaders on state boards of education to strengthen public education systems so students of all backgrounds and circumstances are prepared to succeed in school, work, and life. A nonpartisan, nonprofit organization, NASBE elevates state board members’ voices in national and state policymaking, facilitate the exchange of informed ideas, and support members in advancing equity and excellence in public education. For more than 60 years, NASBE has been the only organization focused solely on these boards. NASBE keeps boards apprised of the latest research evidence to support their policymaking, shares initiatives and lessons learned from other states, and gives them the tools and technical assistance they need to create the conditions for equity and excellence in their states. Through conferences, publications, webinars, training, and other convenings, NASBE builds members’ capacity to effectively set state policy, convene stakeholders, and ask questions. Source

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States Elevate Math, Career Education in New Round of Strategic Plans

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By Joseph Hedger, Valerie Norville
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In 2025–26, 18 states adopted or revised a strategic plan for education. Most stayed focused on postsecondary readiness, educator retention and recruitment, and student academic achievement. However, several of the newest plans add emphasis on math learning, workforce readiness, and technology use in schools.
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States Adopt New Strategies on Numeracy and Career Education

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By Joseph Hedger
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Alexandria, VA—Eighteen states adopted or revised a strategic plan for education in 2025–26, with several of the newest plans emphasizing math learning, workforce readiness, and technology use in schools. A new NASBE policy update highlights trends and persistent goals and priorities among 49 state strategic plans, including those of Guam and the District of Columbia. Forty-three plans prioritize college and postsecondary readiness. Twenty-six plans set goals for academic achievement generally.
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Caroline Flower

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By Renee Lang
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Caroline Flower supports NASBE’s projects and operations, contributing to policy research, state network convenings, and technical assistance for state board of education members and policymakers on K–12 issues. Her work spans NASBE’s project portfolio, including in the High School Transformation State Network, where she tracks state board and legislative activity to identify emerging trends and synthesize complex education policy developments into actionable materials for state leaders.
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NASBE President Interviewed About State Advances in Math

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By Renee Lang
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Over the past several years, state boards have played a central role in advancing the science of reading. That work has helped build shared understanding, align policy, and drive meaningful shifts in instruction alongside student growth. Now, we’re seeing a similar shift in math. Like reading, math is foundational to learning across subjects. But the path forward in math is less defined, and in many ways, more complex.
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New Issue of NASBE Standard Reimagines the Roles of Teachers and Leaders

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By Renee Lang
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Alexandria, VA— Amid national discussions of ways to recruit and keep teachers and leaders in a demanding profession, the May edition of NASBE’s State Education Standard highlights the many ways states are restructuring staffing and instruction to make teaching more manageable and rewarding. From teacher residencies to revolutionizing the principalship, authors in this edition reimagine how the roles of teachers and leaders can uplift school and student success.
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Supporting and Sustaining Paid Teacher Residencies

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By Julie Fitz, Cathy Yun
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In the face of persistent educator shortages and continued concerns over post-pandemic learning recovery, state leaders have been seeking policy strategies to better recruit, prepare, and retain a qualified, effective teacher workforce. Rigorous teacher residencies are one such strategy. California and Texas have heavily invested in them, and other states can learn from their experiences—particularly how to make these residencies affordable.
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May 2026 — Volume 26, No. 2 Reimagining the Roles of Teachers and Leaders

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By John Luczak, Allison Pennington, Sarah Begeman
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Our refereed journal, the State Education Standard, includes articles by subject-matter experts, who provide insight into education policy issues that are significant for state boards of education. An editorial advisory board comprising state board members reads and comments on drafts of each major article of the Standard prior to its approval for publication.
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The NASBE Interview: Rotunda Floyd-Cooper

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By John Luczak, Allison Pennington, Sarah Begeman
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Rotunda Floyd-Cooper is vice president of education leadership at The Wallace Foundation. NASBE President and CEO Paolo DeMaria interviewed her in March 2026. Why is The Wallace Foundation so invested in principal quality? We have invested in understanding and improving the role of the school principal for more than two decades. We learned early on that principals really do matter in schools.
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Achieving Results through School Redesign

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By Sharon Barrett, Bryan Hassel, John Luczak
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While well-crafted staffing redesign can produce strong learning outcomes in districts of all sizes and types, some districts face extra challenges. Title I schools, small towns, and rural schools often struggle the most to fill educator jobs—and especially to attract and keep staff whose students have demonstrated high-growth learning.
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Bold Bets to Elevate School Leaders

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By Megan Bennett Verified, John Luczak, Chelsi Chang
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In a nation deeply divided over the purpose and role of schooling, where student disengagement is rising and persistent learning gaps threaten the country’s global competitiveness,[1] one role sits at the center: the school principal. Principals are the linchpin for innovation, implementation, and student success. But heightened pressures and visibility have contributed to the unsustainability of that role.
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