For Immediate Release: June 30, 2014 Contact: Renée Rybak Lang, 703.740.4841, reneerl@nasbe.org  Arlington, VA — The National Association of State Boards of Education is deeply concerned about the inaccuracies in a story written by an intern at National Review Online and published without any effort to contact our organization. The story, “Was Oklahoma’s Repeal of […]

For Immediate Release: June 4, 2014 Contact: Renée Rybak Lang, 703.740.4841, reneerl@nasbe.org Arlington, Va. — The National Association of State Boards of Education (NASBE) has awarded grants to two state boards of education — Oregon and Virginia — to strengthen their capacity to adopt and implement policies that promote positive school discipline and limit punitive and […]

For Immediate Release: May 21, 2014 Contact: Renee Rybak Lang, reneerl@nasbe.org, 703.740.4841 Arlington, Va. – Across the country, millions of children attend public school every year. Their parents likely went to public school too, as do the vast majority of Americans. But attending public school, or even working in education, isn’t the same as knowing […]

For Immediate Release: April 14, 2014 Contact: Renée Rybak Lang, 703.740.4841, reneerl@nasbe.org Arlington, Va. — The National Association of State Boards of Education (NASBE) has awarded stipends to six state and territorial boards of education — Delaware, the District of Columbia, Guam, Kentucky, Maine, and West Virginia — to advance state education reform work in […]

For Immediate Release Contact: Renée Rybak Lang, reneerl@nasbe.org, 703-740-4841 Arlington, VA – Today, we expect our students to be ready for the 21st century. Now more than ever, they are asked to learn more, to master new technology, and to apply what they have learned. These skills, including critical thinking and problem solving, effective communication, collaboration, […]

Arlington, VA – The National Association of State Boards of Education (NASBE) is pleased to announce Renée Rybak Lang has joined the organization as communications director. Before coming to NASBE, Lang was communications manager of Education Sector, an independent education think tank that recently merged with the American Institutes for Research. Lang has worked in […]

New issue of “From Practice to Policy” looks at how one state is tackling comprehensive planning  Arlington, VA — In the year since the incomprehensible tragedy at an elementary school in Sandy Hook, CT, lawmakers, policymakers, and parents have searched for ways to make schools safer, yet there has been little consensus. But one state—Delaware—has […]

Arlington, VA — An estimated 4 to 6 percent of American children have food allergies, and many of these children will have a severe allergic reaction while at school. Tragically, every year some of these reactions are fatal. It then stands to reason that the calls for comprehensive school policies to mitigate severe allergic reactions […]

‘From Practice to Policy’ brief offers deeper understanding of SEL and its implications student achievement and for policymaking  Arlington, Va. — The recognized need for public schools to support students in areas beyond academics is not new, but recent developments in social-emotional learning (SEL) go beyond what has come before—and are starting to show improvements […]

Partnership with Special Olympics Examines Need for Expanded Opportunities in Classrooms and on Playing Fields Arlington, VA — Much has changed in the 37 years since Congress first guaranteed access to a free and appropriate education for disabled students, as the methods and practices of educating special needs children are continually evolving as evidence and […]