Two federal meetings feature leadership and legislative advocacy for school...
Over the next four days, School Board News Today will be covering the top events and sessions at NSBA’s annual Leadership Conference and its Federal Relations Network (FRN) Conference, held in...
View ArticleNSBA Honors Ohio School Board Association Leader with National Award
Richard Lewis, executive director of the Ohio School Boards Association (OSBA), received the 2013 Thomas A. Shannon Award for Excellence from the National School Boards Association (NSBA). Lewis was...
View ArticleSchool security changed in the wake of Sandy Hook
How will school security change in the wake of the Newtown school shootings? It may be too early to know the long-term effects of the tragedy on schools, but in the short-term, at least, conversations...
View ArticleSpeaker gives tips on creating a change-friendly culture
Jim Bearden is an authority on change. You might say he wrote the book on change, or at least a book: The Relentless Search for Better Ways. But last summer, when the popular speaker, consultant, and...
View ArticleSchool board associations help in times of crisis
Robert J. Rader, executive director of the Connecticut Association of Boards of Education (CABE), was having lunch with a friend when he heard the news about Newtown. “You feel it emotionally. You feel...
View ArticleNew USDA regulations present challenges to urban districts
Some challenges confront urban school districts seeking to comply with the new, more healthy oriented regulations mandated for school meals by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). It turns out...
View ArticleNew federal nutrition rules caused a ‘buzz’
So many parents have complained that school meal portions are too meager—and that their children are hungry and tired by the end of the school day—that Congress is beginning to pay attention. That’s...
View ArticleGettysburg offers lessons in school leadership
On the first day of the Battle of Gettysburg, Union cavalry commander John Buford rode into the small Pennsylvania town with 2,900 men—and soon realized he was facing an attacking Confederate force of...
View ArticleLeadership and alignment improve Latino student achievement
One of the first tasks of Robert Arias did when he accepted the superintendency in Bakersfield, Calif., was to work with the school board to align the board’s values and goals with the work of the...
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