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Projects
NASBE’s staff works closely with state board members and education & health personnel in the states to develop education policies that may be used as models for every state. The reports and policy models written as a part of the projects are made available to the education community, government officials, and the general public.
Center for Safe and Healthy Schools
NASBE’s Center for Safe and Healthy Schools is the umbrella for our Increasing Healthy Eating project and the project to Strengthen Leadership and Governance for HIV Prevention funded by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Obesity Prevention
NASBE’s Obesity Prevention work provides research-based capacity-building assistance and information to education leaders to help schools establish, maintain, and evaluate healthy school nutrition, physical activity and obesity prevention environments.
Common Core State Standards (CCSS)
The project on Common Core Standards – funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation – focuses on helping states move past adoption to developing comprehensive policies to implement those standards.
Summer Learning Initiative
Recognizing the importance of out-of-school time in education, NASBE and The Wallace Foundation are extending their partnership in the exploration of summer learning. The upcoming NASBE work will continue to explore summer learning through the lens of state policy.
School Leadership
Recognizing the importance of school leadership in education, NASBE and The Wallace Foundation are extending their partnership in the exploration of education leadership in 2012. NASBE work will continue to explore leadership through the lens of state policy.
Teacher Induction
Recognizing the importance of comprehensive teacher induction, NASBE just released a discussion guide on supporting new teachers through policy.