Home-Grown, Home-Cooked
One high school in the Freehold Regional High School District boasts a commercial kitchen and café, with a culinary arts program to go with it.…
School Leader
School Leader, NJSBA’s quarterly magazine, focuses on trends and issues of interest to boards of education and their top administrators.
JANUARY/FEBRUARY 2014 • VOLUME 44 • 4
Articles
The Human Element
When assembling and approving the annual budget, school board members are sometimes startled to realize that expenditures on personnel comprise about 75 percent of the…
School Law Year in Review, Part 2
In the last issue of School Leader, we reviewed several recent legal decisions involving school personnel. In this segment, we look at decisions that focus…
What I Want to Tell New Board Members…and What I Want Them to Tell Me
“Welcome New Board Members,” is a phrase I have uttered countless times – at NJSBA’s orientation programs, at Workshop, at county programs, and at meetings…
School Finance 101
As a board member, you are deeply involved in the school budget process. But sometimes new board members are unfamiliar with the specifics of where…
Keeping an Eye on Your School District’s Finances
Board members play an essential role in ensuring the financial integrity of the school district or charter school. Your vigilance on financial matters can translate…
Making Data Work for You
An assistant superintendent wraps up a lengthy, data-filled presentation at your monthly board meeting and, quite frankly, you’re relieved when she’s finished. She threw too…
Triple Threat
The first time Kevin Ciak spoke out to improve public schools, he was a high school senior attending a school board meeting in his hometown…
A Winning Combination: Local Business and Schools
Area businesses are stakeholders – and can be valuable partners – in public education. Business partnerships are an important thread in the fabric of schools…
Common Core Truths
These days the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) are the topic of impassioned discussion among educators, parents and education observers across the state and across…