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Ancillary Meetings
Wednesday Opening Plenary
Wednesday Breakout Sessions
Thursday Morning Plenary
Thursday Morning Breakout Sessions
Thursday Afternoon Plenary
Thursday Afternoon Breakout Sessions
Thursday Ed Roundtables and Ed Lounge
Friday Opening Plenary
Friday Breakout Sessions
Friday Closing Plenary
Ancillary Meetings
Executive Directors Policy Forum
- 50-State Comparison: Arts Education Data Collection and Reporting
- 50-State Comparison: Statewide Longitudinal Data Systems
- 50-State Comparison: Teacher Leadership and Licensure Advancement
- 50-State Comparison: Teacher License Reciprocity
- Examining SLDS Development and Utility
- If Only People Knew How Good Their Data Systems Are
- Using State Data Systems to Create an Information Culture in Education
- Rethinking Relicensure: Promoting Professional Learning Through Teacher Licensure Renewal Policies
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Governors’ Education Policy Advisors Forum
- 50-State Comparison: Need- and Merit-Based Financial Aid
- Approaches to State Workforce Development Systems
- Five Ways That States Limit Special Education Funding
- Governance in Early Childhood Education
- How State Fund Pre-K: A Primer for Policymakers
- Initiatives From Preschool to Third Grade
- Redesigning State Financial Aid: Principles to Guide State Aid Policymaking
- Strengthening the Early Childhood Education Continuum
- Targeted Teacher Recruitment
- Teacher Development and Advancement
- Teacher Evaluations
- Transitions and Alignment From Preschool to Kindergarten
- Why Are There So Many Bills About Special Education Funding?
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Legislative Education Staff Network Summer Seminar
- 2019 Summer Seminar Resources
- Session PowerPoint
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State Teachers of the Year Meeting
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Wednesday Opening Plenary
- Governors’ State of the State Addresses: Education-Related Proposals
- Governors’ Top Education Priorities in 2019 State of the State Addresses
- Jeremy Anderson’s Ed Talk Resources
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Wednesday Breakout Sessions
STATE SPOTLIGHT – Developmental Education Reform in Arkansas
- College Students in Arkansas to Receive a Boost From National Network
- Strong Start to Finish Video
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STATE SPOTLIGHT – Postsecondary and Workforce Alignment in Missouri
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STATE SPOTLIGHT – Tennessee’s Teacher Micro-Credentialing Pilot
- Improving Professional Learning for Educators Through Micro-Credentials
- Lessons Learned From a Three-Year Pilot
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STATE SPOTLIGHT – A Look at Maryland’s Implementation of Alternative School Discipline Strategies
- 50-State Comparison: State Policies on School Discipline
- Alternative School Discipline Strategies
- The Status of School Discipline in State Policy
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STATE SPOTLIGHT – Lessons Learned From Three Years of School Funding Reform in Idaho
- A Student-Centered Funding Formula for Idaho
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STATE SPOTLIGHT – Minnesota’s Efforts to Define College Affordability
- Defining Affordability in Higher Education
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WORKSHOP – Innovations and Policy Challenges in the Transition From High School to College
- 50-State Comparison: Developmental Education Policies
- 50-State Comparison: High School Graduation Requirements
- Common Elements of Developmental Education Policies
- Session PowerPoint
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WORKSHOP – Strategies for Growing Your State’s STEM Workforce
- A State Policymaker’s STEM Playbook
- State of the States Landscape Report: State-Level Policies Supporting Equitable K–12 Computer Science Education
- STEM Dual Enrollment: Model Policy Components
- Vital Signs
- Learning to Work: Delaware Pathways Strategic Plan
- Utah STEM Action Center
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Thursday Morning Plenary
- 2018 Election Outcomes and Changes in State Education Leadership
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Thursday Morning Breakout Sessions
CONCURRENT – Asking Consumers About Postsecondary Education
- Session PowerPoint
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CONCURRENT – Education Governance and Why It Matters
- 50-State Comparison: K-12 Governance Structures
- Governance in Early Childhood Education
- High-Level Analysis of State Postsecondary Governance Models
- State Education Governance Structures: 2017 update
- State Postsecondary Governance Structures
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CONCURRENT – Improving Quality and Outcomes in the Preschool-to-Third-Grade Continuum
- Governance in Early Childhood Education
- How States Fund Pre-K: A Primer for Policymakers
- Initiatives from Preschool to Third Grade: A Policymaker’s Guide
- Strengthening Early Childhood Continuum
- Transitions and Alignment from Preschool to Kindergarten
- Trends in Pre-K Education Funding 2017-18
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CONCURRENT – Reforming High School
- CSM: Boosting Education, Work, and Life Success
- How Aligned is Career and Technical Education to Local Labor Markets?
- Student-Teacher Race Match in Charter and Traditional Public Schools
- Session PowerPoint
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CONCURRENT – Review of Recent Education Litigation
- Ed Note blog series on education litigation
- The Center for Educational Equity at Teachers College, Columbia University
- Session PowerPoint
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CONCURRENT – The Future of School Choice
- 50-State Comparison: Charter School Policies
- 50-State Comparison: Vouchers
- An Overview of Scholarship Tax Credit Programs
- School Choice Glossary
- Voucher Programs
- Session PowerPoint
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CONCURRENT – Trends From the 2019 Legislative Sessions
- 2019 State Education Policy Watch List
- Governors’ State of the State Addresses: Education-Related Proposals
- Governors’ Top Education Priorities in 2019 State of the State Addresses
- State Education Policy Tracking
- Session PowerPoint
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Thursday Afternoon Plenary
- 50-State Comparison: K-12 Governance Structures
- 50-State Comparison: State Postsecondary Governance Structures
- Ed Talk With AJ Crabill
- Governance in Early Childhood Education
- Keynote With Guy Berger
- State Education Governance Structures: 2017 update
- State Postsecondary Governance Structures
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Thursday Afternoon Breakout Sessions
STATE SPOTLIGHT – Developing South Carolina’s Workforce Through Apprenticeships
- Apprenticeship Carolina
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STATE SPOTLIGHT – Indiana as a Model for School Safety Approaches
- 50-State Comparison: K-12 School Safety
- 50-State Comparison: Postsecondary Campus Safety
- How Are State Paying for New School Safety Measures?
- How States Are Addressing School Safety in Policy
- Indiana School Safety Handout
- Session PowerPoint
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STATE SPOTLIGHT – Virginia Is for All Learners
- Advisory Committee Recommendations
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STATE SPOTLIGHT – Evolution and Implementation of Arizona’s Third-Grade Reading Policy
- How School Literacy Plans Connect to Third-Grade Reading Achievement
- Session PowerPoint
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STATE SPOTLIGHT – Georgia’s SLDS Training Team’s Impact on Effective Data Use
- 50-State Comparison: Arts Education Data Collection and Reporting
- 50-State Comparison: Statewide Longitudinal Data Systems
- Examining SLDS Development and Utility
- If Only People Knew How Good Their Data Systems Are
- Using State Data Systems to Create an Information Culture in Education
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STATE SPOTLIGHT – Sharing Local Revenue With Charter Schools in Colorado
- Colorado Charters by the Numbers
- House Bill 17-1375 Overview
- Session PowerPoint
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WORKSHOP – Achieving Educational Goals in a Time of Limited Resources
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WORKSHOP – Transforming Teacher Licensure Systems to Support Ongoing Learning and Growth
- 50-State Comparison: Teacher Leadership and Licensure Advancement
- GA Department of Education: Professional Learning
- GA Professional Standards Commission: Professional Learning for Certificate Renewal
- GA Professional Standards Commission: Teacher Leadership Tool Kits
- No Panacea: Diagnosing What Ails Teacher Professional Development Before Reaching for Remedies
- Rethinking Relicensure: Promoting Professional Learning Through Teacher Licensure Renewal Policies
- Transforming State Teacher Licensure Systems to Support Ongoing Learning and Growth
- Session PowerPoint
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Thursday Ed Roundtables and Ed Lounge
ED ROUNDTABLE – AIR: Using Place-Based Decision-Making to Build an Education-to-Workforce Pipeline
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ED ROUNDTABLE – Edmentum: Deploying Virtual Learning Capabilities to Address Teacher/Course Shortages
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ED ROUNDTABLE – KnowledgeWorks: State Policy Framework for Personalized Learning
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ED ROUNDTABLE – MetaMetrics: Perception Versus Reality of School Performance
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ED ROUNDTABLE – NWEA: Creating Innovative Assessment Systems That Efficiently Meet State and District Needs
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ED ROUNDTABLE – Project Lead The Way: Demonstrating Student Career Readiness to Employers
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ED ROUNDTABLE – Renaissance: Evidence-Based Research on Literacy
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ED ROUNDTABLE – SAS: Beyond the Classroom – Supporting the Whole Child Through Cross-Agency Collaboration
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ED ROUNDTABLE – Teachers of Tomorrow: Career-Changers as Teachers
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ED ROUNDTABLE – Western Governors University: State Data Systems, Data Culture and Impact on Institutions
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ED LOUNGE – Ed Lounge Social Hour and Gives Back[packs] Campaign
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Friday Opening Plenary
- Ed Talk With Mandy Manning
- Keynote With James H. Johnson Jr.
- Keynote With James H. Johnson Jr. PowerPoint
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Friday Breakout Sessions
CONCURRENT – Access, Quality and Policy Considerations for Individualized Learning
- Current to Future State: Issues and Action Steps for State Policy to Support Personalized, Competency-Based Learning
- iNACOL 2019 State Policy Priorities
- Modernizing the Teaching Workforce for Learner-Centered, Competency-Based, Equity-Oriented Education
- State Funding Strategies to Support Education Innovation
- Session PowerPoint
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CONCURRENT – Blending Education and Social Services Policies in Community Schools
- 50-State Comparison: States’ School Accountability Systems
- 50-State Comparison: States’ School Improvement Policies
- Summary of Resources: School Choice
- Netter Center for Community Partnerships at the University of Pennsylvania
- Coalition for Community Schools
- Netter Center for Community Partnerships Summary Spring 2019
- The Children’s Aid National Center for Community Schools
- Florida International University: The Education Effect
- The Promise of University-Assisted Community Schools to Transform American Schooling: A Report From the Field, 1985–2012
- Session PowerPoint
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CONCURRENT – Elevating the Teaching Profession in a Time of Nationwide Strikes
- 50-State Comparison: Teacher Leadership and Licensure Advancement
- Teacher Activism: Teacher Protest Actions on Education Policy
- Teacher Development and Advancement
- About NIET
- Colorado’s Education Sector Partnership Initiative
- #InvestToLead: How to Structure and Fund Meaningful, Impactful Teacher Leadership Roles
- TEACH Colorado
- NIET: Teacher and Leader Development
- Session PowerPoint
- Educator Supply & Demand Study (2018)
- Teacher Shortage Task Force Update Report (2018)
- Teacher Survey Report (Oklahoma educators surveyed–32,000 certified but left teaching)
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CONCURRENT – Financial Transparency Under ESSA
- Funding Transparency Under ESSA
- Michigan Department of Education: ESSA School-Level Financial Reporting
- Illinois State Board of Education: Site-Based Expenditure Reporting Guidance
- Session PowerPoint
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CONCURRENT – Measuring School Quality
- California Department of Education: Accountability and Continuous Improvement System
- Getting to Know the California School Dashboard
- Kentucky Department of Education: Systems of Continuous Improvement
- North Dakota Choice Ready Overview
- North Dakota Choice Ready Presentation
- North Dakota Choice Ready Accountability System
- California State Superintendent Tony Thurmond’s 2019 Priorities
- Session PowerPoint
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CONCURRENT – State Policies to Support STEAM Education
- Policy Considerations for STEAM Education
- STEAM Infographic
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