Topic: State and Federal Policy

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

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

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

KnowledgeWorks

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

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

Emily Brixey, PhD
Director of Policy, Advocacy and Research

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

Education leaders across the nation share the role of leaders, lessons learned, challenges and conditions for education transformation.

Jon Alfuth
Senior Director of State Policy

Transforming high schools through student-centered state policy

Jon Alfuth
Senior Director of State Policy

Ideas help states modernize assessment and accountability systems to support student-centered learning.

Lillian Pace
Vice President of Policy and Strategic Advancement

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