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		<title>Joplin&#8217;s &#8216;amazing&#8217; year</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Read Glenn Cook's essay and follow up to his American School Board Journal story on the tornado that devastated Missouri's Joplin Schools. ]]></description>
		<link>http://schoolboardnews.nsba.org/2012/05/joplins-amazing-year/</link>
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		<title>What would do you if &#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[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&#8217;t agree on whether to include &#8220;increasing student achievement&#8221; as one of them. One faction of the board felt the statement was an implicit and understood part of the district&#8217;s mission. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://schoolboardnews.nsba.org/2012/05/what-would-do-you-if/</link>
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		<title>May issue of ASBJ now online</title>
		<description><![CDATA[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 [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://schoolboardnews.nsba.org/2012/05/may-issue-of-asbj-now-online/</link>
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		<title>2012 Magna Awards honors Missouri, New York, and Pennsylvania school districts</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Missouri’s Maplewood Richmond Heights School District, New York’s Monroe-Woodbury Central School District, and Pennsylvania’s Pittsburgh Public Schools have been named the grand prize winners in the American School Board Journal’s (ASBJ) 18th annual Magna Awards program. The Magna Awards are supported by Sodexo School Services. Each of the grand prize-winning school districts will receive $4,000 [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://schoolboardnews.nsba.org/2012/04/magna-awards/</link>
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		<title>April issue of ASBJ now online</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The cover package for the April edition of American School Board Journal puts a spotlight on one of the most important NSBA events of the year: the Federal Relations Network conference.  Held each February in Washington DC, the multi-day meeting culminates on Capitol Hill,  where board members make the case for public education to their congressional members.  This year, the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://schoolboardnews.nsba.org/2012/04/april-issue-of-asbj-now-online/</link>
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		<title>What would you do if &#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ASBJ&#8217;s monthly Adviser Poll asks readers this month: A district had been using the same auditing firm for years, a big employer in the area. A recently-elected board member pointed out that best practices called for changing auditors every few years. It was the first time any of the board members had heard this. While [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://schoolboardnews.nsba.org/2012/04/what-would-you-do-if-3/</link>
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		<title>What would you do if &#8230;.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The American School Board Journal&#8217;s monthly Adviser Poll asks: What would you do if a superintendent wanted the school board to make its self-evaluation public? The board had been using an electronic evaluation tool for teachers and administrators. Now the superintendent wanted the board to use the same tool and allow the school community to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://schoolboardnews.nsba.org/2012/03/what-would-you-do-if-2/</link>
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		<title>March edition of ASBJ now &#8220;live&#8221;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;School board elections are usually sleepy contests, often ignored by many voters and underplayed in the local press, but more than $2 million was spent in 2011 on just three hotly contested campaigns in Denver, North Carolina’s Wake County, and Virginia’s Fairfax County.&#8221; And so begins this month&#8217;s cover story, an intriguing look into the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://schoolboardnews.nsba.org/2012/03/march-edition-of-asbj-now-live/</link>
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		<title>NATA brings message of sports safety to Hill</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Members of the National Association of Athletic Trainers will be in Washington, DC on Friday for the association&#8217;s annual &#8220;Capitol Hill Day,&#8221; where they hope to educate members of Congress about the athletic training profession and request support for athletic safety and physical activity legislation. The day also marks the kickoff of National Athletic Training Month which takes place [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://schoolboardnews.nsba.org/2012/02/nata-members-bring-message-of-sports-safety-to-hill/</link>
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		<title>What would you do if &#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The American School Board Journal&#8217;s monthly Adviser Poll asks what would you do if:  A member wanted the board to switch to tablets, even though teachers don&#8217;t have them yet? A member asked his board to consider switching from laptop computers to tablet devices for meetings and to conduct board and district business. The other [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://schoolboardnews.nsba.org/2012/02/what-would-you-do-if/</link>
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		<title>Follow the money trail in Feb. issue of ASBJ</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Hundreds of new charter schools will open this year—clear evidence of the growing momentum behind the charter school movement. But it’s worth noting that today’s support for charters didn’t just happen. It was bought and paid for. That’s the contention of “Money Talks,” a package of articles in February’s American School Board Journal by Senior [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://schoolboardnews.nsba.org/2012/02/follow-the-money-trail-in-february-issue-of-asbj-is-now-live/</link>
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		<title>ASBJ Adviser: What would you do if &#8230;.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A board was considering a wellness policy that had been drafted by board-appointed community members. It suggested a ban on all outside food, except for children’s lunches, coming into schools. One particular high-calorie snack was very popular among the district’s ethnic population.  Board members worried that some parents could see this ban as a rejection [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://schoolboardnews.nsba.org/2012/01/asbj-adviser-what-would-you-do-if/</link>
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		<title>January issue of ASBJ now online</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Happy New Year! And to usher in 2012, a new edition of ASBJ &#8230;  whose cover package reflects the attention to wellness and health that often comes bundled in New Year&#8217;s resolutions. However, as these stories illustrate, schools&#8217; promises to provide a healthy environment, including proper nutrition and exercise,  can&#8217;t be as short-lived as individuals&#8212; despite a dire economy and competing interests. So get [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://schoolboardnews.nsba.org/2012/01/january-issue-of-asbj-now-online/</link>
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		<title>December issue of ASBJ now online</title>
		<description><![CDATA[With winter season still officially weeks away, it&#8217;s possible Mother Nature could have one more unwelcome surprise ready to round out 2011, which months ago the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration declared as one of the most weather-extreme on record.  Tornados. Flash-floods. Wildfires. 2011 hasn&#8217;t been fun or easy for the countless school districts and communities struck by a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://schoolboardnews.nsba.org/2011/12/december-issue-of-asbj-now-online/</link>
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		<title>New online at ASBJ.com: Dealing with adult bullying</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A couple of years ago, I wrote an article for the American School Board Journal on bullying. It was a belated follow-up to a decade-old article I wrote in the wake of the 1999 Columbine shootings. The education world changed after Columbine, particularly in the area of student safety and security. I was pleased to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://schoolboardnews.nsba.org/2011/10/new-online-at-asbj-com-dealing-with-adult-bullying/</link>
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		<title>October issue of ASBJ now online</title>
		<description><![CDATA[While national attention and energy has rightfully focused on the phenomenon of peer-to-peer bullying, what&#8217;s been missing from the scrutiny is a hard look at the relationships and interaction among the adults in the school community. Enter the October issue of American School Board Journal, which is now live and online. In the latest issue, you&#8217;ll find a collection [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://schoolboardnews.nsba.org/2011/10/new-on-asbj-com-63/</link>
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		<title>New on ASBJ.com</title>
		<description><![CDATA[While it&#8217;s not a panacea, employee-first communications is extremely important to a district&#8217;s future success, writes ASBJ communications columnist Nora Carr in her latest edition. Leaders at all levels must develop systems and structures that allow for ongoing feedback from employees. This requires making a concerted, coordinated, and systematic effort to ensure all employees know [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://schoolboardnews.nsba.org/2011/09/new-on-asbj-com-62/</link>
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		<title>In advocacy, every effort makes a difference</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The power of local school board members speaking out is nothing to dismiss. That’s the central message of ASBJ’s September cover story, which examines how school boards—working in collaboration with their state associations and NSBA—can advocate successfully on behalf of public education at both the state and federal level. School board members might not believe [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://schoolboardnews.nsba.org/2011/09/in-advocacy-every-effort-makes-a-difference/</link>
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		<title>September issue of ASBJ now online</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s goes without saying that school board members are public education&#8217;s greatest advocates. But just in case you needed more evidence, thumb through the pages of the September issue of ASBJ, which is devoted to the many and powerful ways school board members influence and fight for schools and students. Included in the package are examples and profiles of local governance  at its [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://schoolboardnews.nsba.org/2011/09/september-issue-of-asbj-now-online/</link>
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		<title>Concussion prevention laws, practices spreading</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Recent news headlines have highlighted a proliferation of youth concussion prevention regulations and strategies across the country. From Arizona, which apparently is the first state to require student athletes to pass a test based on a traumatic brain injury video they must watch, to Virginia, which became one of nearly two dozen states to write concussion prevention among students into law [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://schoolboardnews.nsba.org/2011/08/concussion-prevention-laws-practices-gaining-ground/</link>
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