School Leader
School Leader, NJSBA’s quarterly magazine, focuses on trends and issues of interest to boards of education and their top administrators.
March/April 2019 • Vol. 49 • No. 5
Special Section
Recent Developments in Special Education Law
An update on issues including FAPE, restraint and seclusion, and harassment, intimidation and bullying (HIB).
Reducing Anxiety in Students with Autism
How installation of an innovative sensory room and an aquarium helped children learn to self-regulate behavior.
Q & A: Special Education Trends
The superintendent of the Educational Services Commission of Morris County answers questions about changing challenges and practices in special education.
Articles
President's Message: Let’s Listen to Our Students
The importance of talking with — listening to— our students.
Executive Word: Special Education: What Has Changed and What Will Never Change
Over the years, there have been many changes in how special needs children are educated. But some things have not changed in special education — nor should they.
ELFNJ Spotlight: Second New Board Member Orientation Held in Princeton
Recently new school board members underwent intensive training on how to effectively fulfill their responsibilities in the second of 2019’s two New Board Member Orientation weekend programs.
NJSBA At Your Service: NJSBA Grants Support Service: Newark Public Schools Secures $350,000 Grant
The award will help fund the Newark Health and Wellness Project
Policy Update: Have You Reported to Your Executive County Superintendent ?
A review of some items a board of education is required to report to the ECS – Part 1.
Legally Speaking: Can’t Decide on a Board President?
If the board fails to elect a leader at the organization meeting, someone else gets to make the choice.
Head of the Class: Replacing Hate with Hope
Hightstown students wrote legislation to release civil rights murder records. The bill was passed by Congress and signed by the president.