FEATURES

In Sandy’s Wake

One school’s struggle to cope with and recover from a megastorm.

The Absentee Teacher

When a school has to use a large number of substitutes, student achievement suffers. What can you do to make sure this doesn’t happen in your district?

SPECIAL SECTION: Parent and Community Involvement

A Place at the Table

What does constructive parental involvement look like?

Strategies from our Schools: Community Outreach

Results and respondent comments from a School Board Notes informal survey reveals a wide variety of approaches.

Policies that Encourage Community Involvement

Well-crafted policies can help boards attain a variety of goals — including community outreach.

It Takes a Networked Village to “Inform the Vote”

Blending high-tech and feet-on-the-street strategies to motivate referendum voters.

COLUMNS

President's Message

NJSBA has established a statewide task force of local school board members to study school safety and security issues

Executive Word

NJSBA is working to forge closer ties with the parents of New Jersey’s schoolchildren.

NJSBA At Your Service

Spotlight on the county school boards associations.

NJSBA At Your Service

Find out what NJSBA’s Policy services can do for you.

Field Perspectives

Education finance can be arcane, complex, ever-changing and continuously underfunded – learn how to cope with these challenges.

Labor Lookout

NJSBA’s Labor Relations department warns that “retroactive pay” can trigger serious consequences.

Policy Update

Answers to a pentad of interesting board member queries.

Head of the Class

Freehold Regional’s elite Medical Sciences Learning Center prepares students for college and careers in the sciences.