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As many as 3 in 4 high school students say they feel unprepared for life after graduation. About 1/3 of teachers agree. @NASBE’s new report shows how states can close that gap for a more relevant high school experience: nasbe.org/states-role-in-tra…
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Entrenched mindsets. Policies that reinforce dated models. A lack of implementation support. These are barriers to scaling transformed high schools. Our latest report makes recommendations for states to set conditions that make transformation possible. nasbe.org/states-role-in-tra…
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@NASBE’s latest policy update argues that, while innovative high school models have expanded, principals’ access to support has not kept up. What can districts do? bit.ly/3V7kSum
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.@NASBE just released a new report, "States' Role in Transforming High School: Evidence, Trends, and the Path Forward," synthesizing key findings from two years of work from their High School Transformation State Network. Read it here: na2.hubs.ly/H07YD_50
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State boards of education are uniquely positioned to close the gap between high school experiences and today’s student needs. Learn how California, Indiana, Kentucky, Missouri, and Washington are transforming high school in @NASBE’s latest report: nasbe.org/states-role-in-tra…
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.@NASBE just released a new report, “States' Role in Transforming High School: Evidence, Trends, and the Path Forward,” synthesizing key findings from two years of work from our High School Transformation State Network. Read it here: nasbe.org/states-role-in-tra…
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In the latest issue of the #NASBEStandard, Education First’s Khaled Ismail recaps research on excessive testing in schools and offers principles for more streamlined, purposeful assessment systems: nasbe.org/time-to-rethink-th…
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In the newest #NASBEStandard, Tennessee SBE vice chair Darrell Cobbins on the state’s first accountability hearings, and his hopes for the process to spark real improvement in low-performing schools. Read: nasbe.org/how-tennessee-is-h…
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New research from @caldercenter finds that academic recovery efforts can have benefits beyond academics. Summer school improved attendance the following school year, while tutoring was linked to improvements in attendance and discipline. caldercenter.org/publication…
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Next week, NASBE releases a new report on 2 years of work with our High School Transformation State Network. Join us & @knowledgeworks for a webinar on the findings — Sept 29 @ 1pm ET! Register here: knowledgeworks.zoom.us/webin…
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Four school leadership strategies for sustaining innovative schools include: 1) an instructional vision, 2) cultivated relationships, 3) distributed leadership, and 4) partnerships. Learn more from @NASBE. bit.ly/3V7kSum
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In the latest #NASBEStandard, ExcelinEd’s Christy Hovanetz makes the case for criteria-based growth models, tracking all students against a common set of expectations not against each other. Read: nasbe.org/measuring-academic…
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Designing state accountability systems that move the needle on student outcomes: one of the toughest tasks for state education leaders. The newest #NASBEStandard digs in: nasbe.org/school-improvement…
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In @NASBE’s newest #NASBEStandard, @UChiConsortium’s Elaine Allensworth unpacks the relationship between state accountability metrics and data that actually drives school improvement. Read: nasbe.org/data-for-improveme…
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Happy international literacy day! State boards of education can further their states’ push toward evidence-based literacy instruction by underscoring the role school leaders play in instructional leadership around literacy. Read more here: nasbe.org/supporting-princip…
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How can states direct resources toward what matters most for improving student outcomes? The newest issue of the #NASBEStandard digs into accountability and school improvement: nasbe.org/school-improvement…
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Curious about how to cultivate environments where innovative school models thrive? Read NASBE’s latest policy update to explore effective leadership strategies and state policy levers to support principals of innovative high schools: nasbe.org/preparing-principa…
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