The National School Boards Association’s (NSBA) legislative proposal which would establish a framework for improved recognition of local school board authority when the U.S. Department of Education acts on issues that impact local school districts unless specifically authorized in federal legislation, the Local School Board Governance and Flexibility Act (H.R. 1386), has now garnered 16 [...]
School Board News
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.
New in ASBJ.com: Fighting and winning the war of public school perception
Are school boards and school districts losing the war of public perception? In the May issue of American School Board Journal, online now at www.asbj.com, Senior Editor Lawrence Hardy writes of how groups and individuals who stand to gain financially from school privatization have been leading the charge in persuading the American public that our [...]
Supporting healthy learning environments
April 30, 2013 marks the 11th annual National Healthy Schools Day, a growing national movement that works to improve schools’ indoor air quality as it adversely impacts women and children. School environments play an important role in the health and academic success of children. Each school day, 55 million children and 7 million adults — [...]
Council of Urban Boards of Education selects 2013-2014 steering committee
The National School Boards Association’s (NSBA) Council of Urban Boards of Education (CUBE) has elected its Chair, Vice Chair, and new members to its Steering Committee. School board members Minnie Forte-Brown, of North Carolina’s Durham Public Schools, and Van Henri White, of New York’s Rochester City School District, will begin a one-year term as Chair [...]
Conference photos on Facebook
Check out photos from the NSBA Annual Conference on our Facebook page — www.facebook.com/SchoolBoards. Click on the “Photos” box and access albums from Friday through Monday. And while you’re there, “Like” us on Facebook to receive regular updates in your news feed!
Pickler: Let’s ‘change the conversation’ about public schools
School board members have watched the efforts to privatize public education through vouchers and charter schools, and they’ve seen the authority of local school governance eroded by the decisions of state and federal policymakers. They’ve also watched public education put on the defensive in national debates—and heard the arguments that the nation’s public schools are failing and school boards are obstacles to reform. But none of this will go unchallenged in the future, NSBA’s new president, David A. Pickler, told attendees at the closing General Session of the annual conference.
Ravitch: Public schools facing ‘unprecedented assault’
Public education is under attack. Local school boards are under attack. Local governance is under attack. That was the blunt message delivered by Diane Ravitch at the closing General Session of NSBA’s annual conference in San Diego.
California superintendent: Develop positive relationships with charters
Whether you embrace the charter school movement — or see these schools as unwelcome intruders that steal your students and siphon off funding — it is in the best interest of your school board to develop a positive working relationship with your community’s charters.
