• ‘Education Matters’ Highlights the Board’s Role in Making Personnel Decisions

  The second episode in an “Education Matters” series focusing on school governance focuses on a critical topic: the board’s role when it comes to district staff.

• Think Tank’s Report Examines Student Access to Mental Health Staff

  The think tank's analysis of available data showed that while access to mental health staff for white and Asian students has increased over the past several years, it has decreased for Black and Latinx students. 

• STEAM Tank 2023: Are You Up to the Challenge?

  The New Jersey School Boards Association invites all New Jersey public schools to join the 2023 STEAM Tank Challenge.

• Notice of a Meeting of the New Jersey School Boards Association Executive Committee

  The New Jersey School Boards Association's Executive Committee meeting will be held on Tuesday, Sept. 13, 2022.

• Purnell Perspectives: A New Year, Full of New Opportunities

  Thoughts on the new school year from Dr. Timothy Purnell, executive director and CEO of the New Jersey School Boards Association.

• Assembly Speaker Craig Coughlin to Speak at NJSBA Legislative Committee Meeting

  On Saturday, Sept. 17, the New Jersey School Boards Association’s Legislative Committee will hold its first meeting of the 2022-2023 school year, with Assembly Speaker Craig Coughlin (D-19) to be featured as a guest speaker.

• School Governance Primer Series Highlights Best Practices for Boards

  Dr. Peter Hughes, superintendent of Haworth School District in Bergen County and a former member of the Kinnelon Board of Education in Morris County; and Kerri Wright, a longtime member of the Chester Board of Education in Morris County and a...

• NJSBA’s Jobs Portal Can Help You Fill School Positions

  The New Jersey School Boards Association is helping public schools meet staffing challenges with its new job listing marketing service. New Jersey school districts and charter schools can now tap our online reach to promote hard-to-fill positions, no matter the category.

• NJSBA’s Labor and Employment Summit to Feature Special Session Topics and Keynote Speakers

  New Jersey School Boards Association will host its Labor & Employment Summit on Wednesday, Sept. 28, from 9 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. The virtual event will feature seminars covering critical labor and employment topics for school districts.

• NJDOH Issues Updated COVID-19 Recommendations for K-12 Schools

  To support and prioritize uninterrupted, full-time, in-person learning, schools may transition away from a case-investigation response model to a routine disease control model.