Earn much-deserved recognition for your district and your school board
Beat the rush and apply early — American School Board Journal is accepting applications online through October 15 for the 2009 Magna Awards, a national program that honors best practices in school...
View ArticleCalifornia unification
As the 1993-94 school year started, I had just moved from Texas to North Carolina to start work as the managing editor of a community newspaper. Like many small papers, The Reidsville Review thrived on...
View ArticleMaine District a Bridge Betwen Natives and Newcomers
Sue Martin is director of English Language Learner programs for the Lewiston City Schools, but she does much more than her title implies. Yes, she’s expert in the different theories of English as a...
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List and shout
I’m not a regular reader of Woman’s Day. Or Ladies Home Journal. But one day awhile back, when we were visiting my mother-in-law, I saw a story on the cover of one of those magazines that was so...
View ArticleWeek in Blogs: Are school boards the problem or solution?
Although Week in Blogs czar Lawrence Hardy is on vacation, we wanted to point out a guest blog by Nanuet, N.Y. school board member Anne M. Byrne in the Washington Post’s Answer Sheet. In her post, “Are...
View ArticleRegistration open for NSBA Annual Conference 2012
Registration is now open for NSBA’s 72nd conference, held for the first time in Boston, from April 21 to 23, 2012. Join school board leaders and administrators from across the country for this premier...
View ArticleWatch NSBA’s President on Education Nation today
Update: The video for “Going Local: What A City Can Do For Its Schools,” is now archived at educationnation.com. This week, NBC News is hosting its second annual Education Nation Week and Summit. NBC...
View ArticleCommon Core ‘flying under the radar’
Roberta Stanley, NSBA’s director of federal affairs, has had a long career in public education, and she knows many key players at the state and federal levels. So when she says something is “flying...
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NSBA, AASA leaders look back, ahead
The relationship between school boards and the superintendents they hire is continuously evolving, with built-in opportunities for issues to be fruitful, fractious, or both. But the leaders of the two...
View ArticleWorkshop examines board and superintendent roles
The voices of 120 urban school leaders rose in disbelief when Brian Perkins, formerly of the New Haven, Conn., school board, said his longest board meeting in seven years as president lasted one hour...
View ArticleNSBA comments on U.S. Chamber of Commerce report on school boards
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...
View ArticleIn June’s ASBJ: California or Connecticut — when it comes to school...
Something felt different in Southern California, and I’m not just talking about the beaches, the palm trees, or the bird of paradise flowers that don’t generally sprout here in Washington. I admit it —...
View ArticleEducation Talk Radio previews NSBA’s 2013 Annual Conference
Kanisha Williams-Jones, Director of Leadership & Governance Services at the National School Boards Association (NSBA), was a guest today on Education Talk Radio providing a preview of NSBA’s 2013...
View ArticleState school board leaders to attend NSBA retreat on leadership
This week dozens of state school board leaders will meet in Memphis, Tenn., to discuss school governance trends and hone their leadership skills at the National School Boards Association’s (NSBA)...
View ArticleNSBA President: Effective school boards will improve students’ success
David A. Pickler, the 2013-14 president of the National School Boards Association (NSBA) and a member of Tennessee’s Shelby County School Board, wrote this column for the October 2013 issue of American...
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Gentzel: School boards needed for strong American democracy
A strong public education system–governed by locally elected or appointed school boards–is necessary to continue our nation’s prosperity and our democratic society, National School Boards Association...
View ArticleVideo: NSBA’s Massey discusses leadership for new Discovery Education webinar...
Watch the National School Boards Association’s (NSBA) Immediate Past President C. Ed Massey discuss “adaptive leadership” — the first talk in a new school leadership webinar series by Discovery...
View ArticleSchool board leadership DOES matter
An editorial by Robert Rader, executive director of the Connecticut Association of Boards of Education: The Fordham Institute, whose president, Chester Finn, has called the school board “an aberration,...
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