Searching for a ‘New Normal’ in New Jersey’s Public Schools: How the Coronavirus Is Changing Education in the Garden State (May 20, 2020) addresses the safe reopening of schools, students’ mental health, academic and extracurricular programs, budgetary issues, and preparations for the future.
Choosing the Best ‘Road Back’ for Our Children (August 31, 2020) provides an advocacy agenda for public education during the pandemic, including state and federal funding, assistance in securing personal protective equipment and technology, financial flexibility, and critical changes in law and regulation.
Reopening Schools: Online Learning and the Digital Divide (October 23, 2020) looks at the challenges facing school districts in delivering instruction remotely to all students during the pandemic and beyond.
Eye on the Future as Districts Monitor Student Mental Health (January 27, 2021) shows how mental health programs are helping students withstand the pandemic.
Rebuilding Opportunities for Students (September 13, 2021) The report looks at challenges facing school districts and students in dealing with pandemic-related gaps in academic and social-emotional learning.
Special Education: A Service, Not a Place (2014), report of the NJSBA Special Education Task Force
What Makes Schools Safe? (2014), report of the NJSBA School Security Task Force.
Health and Wellness (2015), report of the Task Force on the Impact of Health and Wellness on Student Achievement
N.J. Sustainable Schools Project (2015), a three-year study of the educational and financial benefits of “greening” existing schools
This report was developed as part of a 2015-2016 New Jersey School Boards Association goal to build upon the Association’s previous work on unfunded state and federal mandates and to identify their impact on local boards of education.