The National School Boards Association (NSBA) and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce may not agree on everything regarding K-12 education, but when it comes to basic recommendations for improving school board governance they’re pretty much on the same page. Consider School Board Case Studies, a new report by the chamber’s Institute for a Competitive Workforce, [...]
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Virtual Learning: Growing but untested, NSBA report says
Do K12 students benefit from taking some or all of their classes online? A new report by NSBA’s Center for Public Education, Searching for the Reality of Virtual Schools, says that while online education holds promise for 21st century learning, researchers know relatively little about the performance of virtual schools, and the studies that have [...]
Bryant: School districts need more freedom from federal policies
When NSBA’s 2011-2012 President Mary Broderick wrote to President Barack Obama and called for a national dialogue on a new direction in federal policy, she “hit a home run,” writes NSBA Executive Director Anne L. Bryant in a blog published by the Thomas B. Fordham Institute. In her remarks, Bryant commented on Broderick’s concerns over [...]
NSBA urges action on ESEA, organizes “call-in day”
The National School Boards Association (NSBA) is urging the U.S. Congress to complete its reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act before it adjourns later this year. Through its “ESEA Now” campaign, NSBA is urging school board members and other educators to contact their Washington representatives on Wednesday, May 9 to push for an [...]
Joplin’s ‘amazing’ year
Read Glenn Cook’s essay and follow up to his American School Board Journal story on the tornado that devastated Missouri’s Joplin Schools.
Palm Beach, Fla. school board wins Kennedy Center arts award
The School Board of Palm Beach County, Fla. received the 24th annual Kennedy Center Alliance for Arts Education Network (KCAAEN) and National School Boards Association (NSBA) Award on April 23 at NSBA’s Annual Conference in Boston. This national award, which was created in 1989 and includes a $10,000 prize, recognizes school boards for their support [...]
What would do you if …
The May ASBJ Advisor Poll asks readers what they would do in this situation: A school board was revamping its goals and its members couldn’t agree on whether to include “increasing student achievement” as one of them. One faction of the board felt the statement was an implicit and understood part of the district’s mission. [...]
May issue of ASBJ now online
Every issue of the American School Board Journal is special and unique, but the May edition is especially so. In images and words, it chronicles the remarkable recovery and resiliency of Joplin, Mo., which despite being struck by a category 5 tornado last May that leveled buildings (including many schools) and claimed 161 lives, began its school [...]
Response to Intervention program wins Kentucky’s PEAK Award
Kentucky’s Boone County school district received the Public Education Achieves in Kentucky (PEAK) Award on April 30 for its Response to Intervention (RTI) program. Boone County is the home district of NSBA President C. Ed Massey. The PEAK Award, which is given twice a year by the Kentucky School Boards Association, honors outstanding programs that [...]
