Head of the Class: PiscatawayREADS Stands Up for Justice
A Piscataway literacy initiative that harnessed community support and corporate sponsorship to provide free books to children and encourage a love of reading among students…
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 2015 • VOLUME 45 • 4
Articles
Legally Speaking: Allocating Educational Resources Equally
Jorge attends eighth grade in the township. He secretly enjoys school and plans to be a physicist. His report card grades and NJASK scores have…
Labor Lookout: Trends in Collective Negotiations
A recent survey of New Jersey school districts has found that 42 percent of the districts whose contracts expired last June are still in the…
NJSBA at Your Service: Prospecting for Extra Funds for Your District
The New Jersey School Boards Association has partnered with the Grants Office, a national grants development services firm with a 15-year track record of helping…
Readers Forum: One School Board Member’s Valedictory
As I complete my second and final term as a member of the Ramsey (Bergen) Board of Education and end 38 years of public service…
Executive Word: Learning from the Best
The collective wisdom of New Jersey’s public school districts is a powerful force. Sharing that wisdom is the goal behind one of NJSBA’s newest initiatives,…
President's Message: Who are School Board Members?
This issue of School Leader features a special section for new board members. I have found that new board members are bright, energetic, and enthusiastic…
Meetings in Motion
To the board meeting newcomer, following parliamentary procedure can seem cumbersome, unwieldy and overly bureaucratic. But as any veteran board member can attest, there’s a…
A Board Member’s Guide to the Basics of Special Education
As a new board member, it is useful to have an understanding of how special education in New Jersey works. The programs, processes and procedures,…
Training, Listening, and Learning the Board Member’s Role: An NJSBA Q&A
In public school districts across New Jersey, each January brings a group of new school board members. Just elected, they are sworn into office, and…
Parent Partnerships
We all talk about the need for increased parent involvement in our schools and at our school board meetings. But as any board member who…
Where the Health Are We?
The headline could not have been more dramatic – or encouraging: “Obesity Rate for Young Children Plummets 43% in a Decade,” said the Feb. 25,…
NJSBA Welcomes a New President
New Jersey’s constitution famously requires school districts to provide a “thorough and efficient,” education to all students. These goals, according to NJSBA’s new president, Don…