New on ASBJ.com: Going beyond academics
Reading. Writing. Algebra. Geometry. Educators and schools need to cover a lot of academic subject matter with their students. But most people who work with children and teenagers know that the...
View ArticleNew on ASBJ.com: It’s Easy Being Green
Building environmentally friendly schools qualifies as one of those elusive “win-win” scenarios we’re always hearing about. Yes, green strategies make schools healthier for students, teachers, and...
View ArticleRobert Slavin tells urban board members the secret to ‘Success’
At what point in your life have you done things well because you’ve been threatened, Robert Slavin asked. The researcher and longtime school reform proponent posed the question to point out the fallacy...
View ArticleSchool leaders: Tell your story and ‘saddle up’
We have a story to tell, Reginald Felton, assistant executive director for Congressional Relations for NSBA, told urban school board members gathered this week to attend NSBA’s Council of Urban Boards...
View ArticleHaycock: Narrowing gap starts with data
Kati Haycock had some good news and some bad news for urban school board members. The good news: Reading and math scores for elementary school students are up for all students, and the racial...
View Article‘Freedom Writers’ author gives board members a glimpse into her classroom
Erin Gruwell said she’s an ordinary person. That may be so, but this “ordinary person” brought the crowd to tears as the final speaker of NSBA’s Council of Urban Boards of Education (CUBE) annual...
View ArticleNew on ASBJ.com: Disaster preparation and recovery
Seven schoolchildren, along with their teacher and her baby, died when a tornado ripped through their school building in Moore, Okla., in May. This deadly storm, ferocious even by Tornado Alley...
View ArticleObama administration lawyers open School Law Seminar
Two lawyers from the Obama administration answered questions from Council of School Attorneys (COSA) members at the opening general session Thursday of the 2014 School Law Seminar in New Orleans. The...
View ArticleSchool attorneys get advice on voucher litigation
As school districts and states across the country gear up to face potential school voucher litigation, lawyers from Louisiana and Arizona offered advice and lessons learned to members of NSBA’s Council...
View ArticleDelegate Assembly approves NSBA advocacy agenda
NSBA’s Delegate Assembly approved the association’s hard-hitting advocacy agenda around public education at its business session Friday in New Orleans. The meeting was held right before the start of...
View ArticleAuthor tells of immigrant children’s journey at Best Practices for School...
Sonia Nazario, the Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and author of Enrique’s Journey told the audience at the Best Practices for School Leaders Luncheon Saturday about her own journey, and the...
View ArticleAuthor and speaker outlines the traits of a good leader
Leadership researcher and author John Spence’s Focus on Education session at NSBA’s Annual Conference Saturday offered several ways to figure out if you’re a good leader. Spence based his information...
View ArticleMinn. school board member connects with National Connection program
Your board colleagues are using the benefits of the National Connection program to help them do their jobs better. Meet Lisa Wagner, the chair of Minnesota’s Minnetonka School Board. She was elected to...
View ArticleHispanic Caucus breakfast speaker urges school boards to ‘flip the narrative’
School boards have an opportunity to help “flip the narrative” about Hispanic Americans and create a healthier sense of identity for the 12.4 million Hispanic students attending public K-12 schools....
View ArticleSchools need diversity, not conformity, says Sir Ken Robinson
Our schools no longer serve our children, according to creativity expert Sir Ken Robinson. “Our current system is based on the conformity principal,” he said. “But human life thrives on diversity.”...
View ArticlePickler looks back on his presidency
David Pickler, NSBA’s 2013-14 President, gave an overview of his year at the Second General Session on Sunday at NSBA’s Annual Conference. “We said, nearly a year ago, that if we did not have a seat...
View ArticleSchool leaders are in the ‘diamond mine business’
A high school English teacher saw that Simon T. Bailey was a diamond in the rough. She encouraged the teenager to get involved with public speaking. “I owe everything that I am to that public school...
View ArticleCourage is an essential quality for school leaders
How big is your brave, Angela Maiers wants to know. Courage, according to the teacher, speaker, and social media evangelist, is not just an essential part of being a leader – it’s the most important...
View ArticleBlended learning showcased in District of Columbia schools
A small group of eighth-graders sit at a cluster of desks, staring down at their iPads. On their screens are diagrams of the interior of a slave ship. Their teacher, Tanesha Dixon, leads the...
View ArticleNSBA to Congress: Hands off E-rate
NSBA is urging Congress not to jeopardize Internet, broadband, and Wi-Fi access for millions of students or block improvements to E-rate, the federal program that provides connectivity resources for...
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