• Chronic Student Absenteeism: Its Impact and Possible Solutions

  Whether an absence is considered excused or not is irrelevant. The student is not in school where they would benefit from educational opportunities.

• Saddle River Valley Lions, Bergen County Districts Team Up to Expand Service-Learning Opportunities 

  The Lions and its Bergen County school district partners have reimagined the program to provide local students with a 10-year, continuous service-learning opportunity that begins in elementary school, runs through middle school and continues in high school.

• NJSBA’s New Board Member Orientation Weekend

  New board members enjoyed two weekends of networking and training at the New Board Member Orientation Weekend conducted by the New Jersey School Boards Association with support from the Educational Leadership Foundation of New Jersey.

• ELFNJ Is Now Accepting Donations Via its Website

  The Educational Leadership Foundation of New Jersey is now accepting online donations.

• Nourished and Secure: Two of the Keys to Student Success

  Feeding and protecting our students go hand in hand with student achievement — we must nourish and safeguard them to help them learn, grow and thrive.

• An Association Poised to Build on its Success

  With my term as president soon ending, our Association is poised to take on new challenges with continued competence, efficiency, grace and character.

• A Decade of Progress: Schools Enact Over 9,800 Sustainability Actions

  Launching Sustainable Jersey for Schools was a major step toward the future of sustainability in New Jersey. NJSBA’s leadership and vision helped make Sustainable Jersey for Schools possible.

  

• Leadership Evolution: A 27-Year Comparison of Female School Principals in New Jersey

  According to the 2012 U.S. Department of Education Schools and Staff Survey Report, women made up 52% of public school principals at that time. Nearly ten years later, the National Center for Educational Statistics reported that 56% of all public school principals in the 2020–2021 school year were female.

  

• AI in the Classroom: Separating Opportunity from Opportunism 

  So far, many school districts are less concerned about cheating than setting guidelines for students and teachers on how to become familiar with and effectively use AI.

  

• New Dimensions in Career and Technical Education 

  Challenges remain with program capacity and access, funding, staffing, and awareness of post-secondary pathways, among other areas.