NGA Center for Best Practices
The NGA Center for Best Practices teams and divisions develop innovative solutions to today’s most pressing public policy challenges. The center is the only research and development firm that directly serves the nation’s Governors.
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Resources for Financial Literacy
Governors are working to increase financial literacy in their states. The following resources can be used as tools by Governors and their staff to guide and support their constituents as ...
North Dakota – Innovative Travel, Tourism, and Outdoor Recreation Case Study
The below case study was developed through a NGA partnership with Oregon State University’s Center for the Outdoor Recreation Economy to research and assess the Travel, Tourism and Outdoor Recreation ...
Let’s Get Ready to Educate for Opportunity
NGA Chair Colorado Governor Jared Polis’ Let’s Get Ready initiative is working with educators, parents and families, students, researchers, and community and business leaders to identify the best education policies ...
Let’s Get Ready
All Americans should have access to education that prepares them for success in life. As the world changes and technology evolves, ensuring all students graduate with the skills and knowledge necessary for success is increasingly critical for our nation’s economic competitiveness.
As Governors, we lead states facing economic opportunities but also challenges, shortages in workforce, skills mismatch, and widening opportunity gaps that limit true economic mobility for Americans. We must take these indicators as a call to action.
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Resources for Financial Literacy
Governors are working to increase financial literacy in their states. The following resources can be used as tools by Governors ...
North Dakota – Innovative Travel, Tourism, and Outdoor Recreation Case Study
The below case study was developed through a NGA partnership with Oregon State University’s Center for the Outdoor Recreation Economy ...
Let’s Get Ready to Educate for Opportunity
NGA Chair Colorado Governor Jared Polis’ Let’s Get Ready initiative is working with educators, parents and families, students, researchers, and ...
Hawai‘i – Innovative Travel, Tourism, and Outdoor Recreation Case Study
The below case study was developed through a NGA partnership with Oregon State University’s Center for the Outdoor Recreation Economy ...
Education for Life – A Conversation with Dr. Steven Levitt
Measuring outcomes is one of the primary goals of NGA Chair Colorado Governor Jared Polis’ “Let’s Get Ready: Educating All ...
West Virginia – Innovative Travel, Tourism, and Outdoor Recreation Case Study
The below case study was developed through a NGA partnership with Oregon State University’s Center for the Outdoor Recreation Economy ...
Service-to-Career Pathways Policy Academy and Community of Practice
In partnership with the Schultz Family Foundation and the Annie E. Casey Foundation, the National Governors Association Center for Best ...
How Colorado is Transforming its Workforce through Skills-Based Practices
Colorado is at the forefront of a movement to transform state workforces. (View/Download) Since 2019, the State of Colorado has ...
Aligning the Workforce System and Economic Growth: Best Practices from State WIOA Planning
This publication highlights elements of Governors’ 2024-2027 WIOA State Plans that meet USDOL goals, as well as those that integrate ...
Ensuring Clarity and Transparency in Radioactive Waste Definitions
The purpose of this document is to help states impacted by cleanup at U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) nuclear weapons ...
Nation’s Governors Implement Policies to Support Veterans
As the country celebrates Veterans Day, the nation’s Governors will mark the occasion by issuing proclamations and holding ceremonies to ...
Colorado – Innovative Travel, Tourism, and Outdoor Recreation Case Study
The below case study was developed through a NGA partnership with Oregon State University’s Center for the Outdoor Recreation Economy ...
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