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, NJSBA’s quarterly magazine, focuses on trends and issues of interest to boards of education and their top administrators.
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.…
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…
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…
“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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Area businesses are stakeholders – and can be valuable partners – in public education. Business partnerships are an important thread in the fabric of schools…
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…