policy update

Creature Feature

July 24, 2018

A special education teacher brings her trained therapy dog to class and the affection and comfort shared between the students and the dog reduces the…

Policy Updates: Achievement for All Students

January 26, 2018

School leaders, education professionals and the education community in general identify student achievement as the top priority of our public school system. But what exactly…

Policy Update: Food for Thought

July 06, 2017

In the movie “Oliver,” based on Charles Dicken’s famous book “Oliver Twist,” hungry orphans are depicted watching a young Oliver address the pitiless administrator with…

Policy Update: Uber Cautious

May 24, 2017

As the world changes, so do the questions that the NJSBA policy department gets from school board members. Here’s a query that a policy consultant…

Policy Update: Spare the Rod

December 09, 2016

If we were typical middle-class Americans living in the late 1800s to the early 1900s, just after the Industrial Revolution, preventing the bullying of children…

NJSBA Issues Policy Update Announcement

September 07, 2016

Every three years, under what is called the Comprehensive Equity Plan, the U.S. Department of Education requires states to assess their public school districts to…

Policy Update: Taming the Dragon

February 11, 2016

One of the fundamental responsibilities of an NJSBA policy consultant is to read and evaluate board policy manuals. This dues-based service is called the Wellness…