Topic: State and Federal Policy

Kentucky is creating a new model for K-12 accountability that combines state support with locally developed measures to better capture the full range of learner success beyond test scores.

Jon Alfuth
Senior Director of State Policy

A NASBE report examines how states can empower communities to transform high schools by aligning policy, practice and local priorities around meaningful, future-focused learning.

Jon Alfuth
Senior Director of State Policy

Dive into trends from this year’s legislative session that show support for student-centered learning.

Emily Brixey, PhD
Director of Applied Policy Research

Helping states turn existing policy flexibility into actionable resources that drive student-centered innovation and systems-level transformation

KnowledgeWorks

Federal waivers offer a promising pathway for education innovation, but their success depends on vision, supportive conditions, sufficient timelines and thoughtful planning grounded in community priorities.

Lillian Pace
Vice President of Policy and Strategic Advancement

Learn about state policies that support competency-based learning in an interactive map developed in partnership with FullScale.

KnowledgeWorks

Arizona’s “Permission Granted” initiative shows how clarifying existing policy flexibility can unlock innovation, empower educators and accelerate student-centered learning across systems.

Shelby Taylor
Director of Marketing and Communications

As AI accelerates, states and districts can use portraits of a graduate as the organizing vision for AI-ready skills—then make that vision real by hardwiring it into graduation requirements and…

Jon Alfuth
Senior Director of State Policy

As AI use grows in K–12 schools, the EDSAFE AI Alliance shares research, tools and the SAFE framework to guide safe, equitable and effective AI use.

Jon Alfuth
Senior Director of State Policy

What does reimagining teacher licensure look like when faced with teacher shortages and other forces reshaping education?

Shelby Taylor
Director of Marketing and Communications

A new bill in Minnesota supports real-world learning for credits. Here’s how an education advocacy group and a former student in particular supported it.

Shelby Taylor
Director of Marketing and Communications

Insights from five years of policy implementation and progress

Lillian Pace
Vice President of Policy and Strategic Advancement

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