Growing STEM Careers in East Hanover
Setting a career trajectory starts long before college applications are mailed out. Encouraging more students to pursue a post-secondary degree in STEM (science, technology, engineering…
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 2014 • VOLUME 44 • 5
Articles
Longer School Days and School Years?
New Jersey’s 215th Legislative session is underway and NJSBA is monitoring the bills that have been introduced since Jan. 14 when the legislators were sworn…
Policy and Change: Try Something New
When we think about setting policy, usually we are thinking about creating rules that we intend to be fixed and permanent. But there is another…
An Open Book
Boards of education and school districts are subject to the Open Public Records Act (OPRA), which became law in 2002. (The comparable law that covers…
The Common Core and Union/Management Collaboration
How can teachers and other school staff members work with administrators and schools boards in implementing the Common Core standards? Does it even make a…
“Dis”-ing Taxpayers
Within two years of enabling legislation being signed into law, 516 New Jersey school districts moved their board candidate elections to November, to coincide with…
Serving Exceptional Children
As a former special education teacher, one belief guided all of my work – that every child can learn. That conviction served as an important…
Stand Up for Public Education
“Public schools broke the link between accidents of birth and access to education that determined the social order for centuries. Public schools unleashed the creative…
Need Three Reasons for School Districts to Go Green?
Since 2011, the New Jersey School Boards Association has been expanding its sustainability initiatives to include new collaborative partners, resources and training, so all schools…
The Bottom Line on Sustainability
What happens when a school community adheres to the practices and principles of sustainability? Does the district save money? Does it help boost student achievement?…
How to Boost Recycling in Your Schools
Is your school district recycling enough? If the answer is “no,” you should tap into a growing number of resources and support networks that are…
No Argument: Trenton High’s Debate Team a Stellar Success
Trenton Central High School stretches along an entire city block, an aging, red brick building with a faded white-columned entranceway and a soaring clock tower.…
A Focus on the Future
School district budgets are tight, the bar has been raised on educational standards, and technology has made the world smaller so that today’s students will…
Saving Money, Serving Students
To address the continuing pressure that special education places on local district budgets, the New Jersey School Boards Association embarked on a major study in…