One of the most difficult aspects of
shaping effective education policy is boiling complex research results down into concepts that can be easily understood by practitioners, parents and policy - makers.
The Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) presents an opportunity to create
more effective education policies by ensuring that parents, educators, and other leaders are all at the table to develop state and local policies and practices.
Similar efforts are underway in states and districts from Maine to Mississippi, New Mexico to Wyoming, often led by networks of NBCTs that recruit and support candidates for certification and advocate on behalf
of effective education policy that benefits students.
He was unequivocal in his findings: «The D.C. voucher program has proven to be the most
effective education policy evaluated by the federal government's official education research arm so far.
The National Board works with NBCT Networks across the country to connect Board - certified teachers to state legislators and other leaders in their area to
shape effective education policy.