The National School Boards Association (NSBA) is a not-for-profit federation of state associations of school boards representing 95,000 local school board members throughout the United States.
NSBA's mission is to foster excellence and equity in p
NSBA's mission is to foster excellence and equity in p
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- Founded:
- 1940
Events
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- 70th Annual Conference
McCormick Place
Saturday, April 10 at 8:00am
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- Latest and last Bracey report 10:47am Nov 9
- School Board News Today headlines 2:07pm Nov 6
- Flu vaccinations within schools: still a possibility? 12:17pm Nov 6
Before educational legend Gerald Bracey passed away last month, he had almost completed his annual “Bracey Report,” which has looked at public education in America annually for 18 years. Th...
The H1N1 virus is spreading more and moreeach day, and the seasonal flu may show up at any moment; yet we’re all facing the dilemma of not knowing where and how to go to get vaccinated since there is currently a shortage of both the H1N1 and seasonal flu vaccines. ...
USA Today reports that Clarksville-Montgomery County school district in Tennesseedecided to go mostlypaperless with student report cards. The districtnow makes grades available to parents with secure online accounts...
Bruised by the gubernatorial losses in New Jersey and Virginia, and embattled by the ongoing health care reform debate, President Obama turned his attentions to education reform this week...
We hear a lot about 21st century skills these days, but what does it really mean...
AOL.com reports today that two high school sophomores in Indiana have sued their school for punishing them for “posting sexually suggestive photos on MySpace during their summer vacation.” The ACLU (no surprise here) is representing the girls and argues that the school violated the girls’ free ...
According to a recent Intel Corporation survey, parents are more comfortable talking about drug abuse than math and science with their children.Despite a perceived importance of math and science for success, and an overwhelming willingness to be involved, the survey results reveal that parents,...
As the holidays near, BoardBuzz likes to reflect on the “cornucopia” that is the American student population. Without a doubt, the cultural diversity of American students is a great asset. Ho...
October is about to come to a close, and since it is National Cyber Security Awareness MonthBoardBuzz thought we’d end the month by mentioning an excellent piece about teaching your child to be internet-savvy from the get-go. ...
BoardBuzz just checked out this post over at The Edifier about a report that was just released by the Department of Education that compared each state’s standard for proficiency on their state assessments. The report shows that what each state considers proficient varies from state to state. ...
BoardBuzz loves to see students getting involved in their own education. And we have a real soft spot for student school board members. So we were really pleased with this video that NSBA put together after interviewing student school board leaders at the NSBA Conference in April...
Yesterday’s Education Week online chat featuring Anne Bryant was full of really rich content. Bryant and her co-chatter, Carey Harris of A+ Schools touched on a number of really interesting topics. ...
BoardBuzz was saddened to hear about the passing of Gerry Bracey yesterday. The often gruff Bracey was, “one of the field’s best known and most vocal authors, advocates, and researchers,” according to Education Week’s Debbie Viadero. NSBA’s...
Want to knowwhat Congress is doing with the education spending bill? When your school will get money for technology? How your state can compete for stimulus funds?You can find the answers to these questionsat a Webinar hosted by NSBA’s advocacy team next Wednesday, Oct. 28 from 11 am to 12 pm EDT. ...
Whether it’s tweets, texts, BoardBuzz orpick-up-a-pen writing, it has never been more important to our communication and culture. ...
