• Employee Free Speech Rights: Sounding Off On Controversial Issues

  When can—and can’t—a school employee express their personal opinions?

• Lasting Success: Continued Achievement in Training Educational Leaders

  The latest news from the Educational Leadership Foundation of New Jersey.

• Funding Their Future

  A word on finances from the NJSBA executive director.

• Hello everyone, and happy winter!

  A winter note from the new NJSBA president.

• How to be an Effective Board Member

  The soft skills you need to be an effective school board member.

  

• Falling Over the Fiscal Cliff and Finding Our Way Back

  Since the introduction of the 2% tax levy caps in exchange for moving board of education elections to November, more districts find themselves facing the inevitable moment when the math no longer works. Rising costs, capped revenues and competing priorities...

  

• Addressing Chronic Student Absenteeism Through Culture, Climate & a Multi-Tiered System of Support

  Tips for dramatically curtailing chronic school absenteeism.

  

• Life After Chapter 44: What’s Next for Benefits?

  Getting the right benefits package for school employees.

  

• 14 Things School Board Members Wish You Knew About Them

  The inside scoop of what exactly school board members do.

  

• Engaging and Celebrating Multilingual Learners and Their Families

  Best practices for teaching multilingual students.