1+ day, 6+ hour ago  (589+ words) Joyce Woodhouse came to Nevada for a teaching job in 1966 and stayed to draw upon her experience as a teacher and administrator to pursue a career as a tireless champion of education in the Nevada Senate. She has died at…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago  (247+ words) Low financial literacy concerns policymakers because it affects financial well-being and financial health. For example, the TIAA Institute-GFLEC Index found that respondents with very low levels of financial literacy are twice as likely to be debt-constrained and five times more…...

2+ mon, 1+ week ago  (1710+ words) As my term as chair'comes to'a'close'in the near future, I want to share my deep appreciation to all of you for the opportunity to serve. It has been both personally meaningful and professionally enriching.' In my last message, I framed…...

3+ mon, 1+ week ago  (393+ words) Legislators often hear about promising education reforms. At NCSL's Education Chairs Fall Retreat, they saw one in action. To see how strategic school staffing models operate in practice, state legislators and legislative staff observed Mesa Public Schools' Stevenson Elementary School…...

3+ mon, 2+ week ago  (793+ words) Federal agencies are quickly developing regulations for many of the major education provisions in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, the tax cut and domestic policy law signed by President Donald Trump in July last year. The regulations will go…...

4+ mon, 8+ hour ago  (274+ words) The findings of the NCSL task force's recent meeting will shape its work in the year ahead and will be published in a playbook of strategies to enhance the value of degrees. (Credit: NCSL) The afternoon sessions focused on ideas…...