The National School Boards Association (NSBA) supports a new bill to reauthorize the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) but asks members of the U.S. House of Representatives to change provisions that would stifle federal and state education funding. The bill, H.R. 5, will be considered by the Education and the Workforce Committee on June [...]
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School Board News Today, an online publication of NSBA, provides timely and relevant stories and analysis from NSBA and other news outlets to school board members, administrators, and all others interested in K-12 education.
NSBA and CTEq host Common Core graduation requirements Twitter chat at #CCSSGradReq
The new report released last week from Change the Equation (CTEq) and the National School Boards Association’s (NSBA) Center for Public Education (CPE) examines the connection between state graduation requirements and Common Core State Standards in math. The report, “Out of Sync: Many Common Core states have yet to define a Common Core-worthy diploma,” found [...]
High school graduation requirements are out of sync with Common Core, new report finds
A new report from Change the Equation (CTEq) and the National School Boards Association’s (NSBA) Center for Public Education (CPE) examines the connection between state graduation requirements and Common Core State Standards in math. The report, “Out of Sync: Many Common Core states have yet to define a Common Core-worthy diploma,” found that of the [...]
School boards speak out in upcoming Supreme Court employment case
The U.S. Supreme Court should not allow employees to file constitutional lawsuits for alleged age discrimination because employees already have ample legal remedies in place, the National School Boards Association (NSBA) and the Illinois School Boards Association say in an amicus brief. The brief in Madigan v. Levin urges the Court to deny an employee’s [...]
Local flexibility is needed in ESEA reauthorization, says NSBA
The National School Boards Association (NSBA) is asking the U.S. Senate to make changes in its legislation to reauthorize the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA), commonly known as the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB). On Tuesday, June 11, the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) will mark-up this bill. NSBA sent [...]
LFA calls for longer transition to prepare for Common Core
The National School Boards Association (NSBA) is one of 16 members of the Learning First Alliance (LFA). This week LFA called on lawmakers to give states and school districts more time to transition to the Common Core State Standards so that they can develop the proper resources for students and teachers, including curriculum, assessments, and [...]
School boards pleased with Obama’s plan to improve schools’ Internet access
The National School Boards Association (NSBA) praised President Barack Obama’s new initiative, ConnectED, to connect 99 percent of America’s students to the Internet through high-speed broadband and high-speed wireless within 5 years. “Broadband has an important role to play in education, from digital learning resources to professional development for teachers, remote instruction, and data-driven decision-making,” [...]
NSBA asks Senate leaders to rethink Title I change in new ESEA bill
The National School Boards Association (NSBA) has issued a report calling on the U.S. Senate to reconsider a provision in its new Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) reauthorization bill that seeks to ensure school districts give equitable support to students in high-poverty schools. The ESEA legislation would change the current method for determining how [...]
Congress takes first steps toward ESEA reauthorization
Democrats in the U.S. Senate introduced their bill to overhaul the No Child Left Behind Act, and the National School Boards Association’s advocacy team is hopeful that efforts to reauthorize the massive K-12 law could progress this summer. “In conversations with key staff members, it’s clear they are eager to move a bill through the [...]
