April 2008

Resources

• School boards find community engagement can be rewarding [HTML 7,340kb]
  Community engagement in decision-making strengthens school districts and public education as a whole.
  
• School districts had large amounts of recalled beef [HTML 3,840kb]
  Members of Congress have called for an investigation of food safety in the school lunch program following the massive recall of beef distributed to schools.
  
• Presidential candidates speak out on education [HTML 5,408kb]
  The leading contenders for president of the United States have come out with more details on their plans for education in recent weeks.
  
• NSBA urges Congress to help districts build new schools [HTML 4,163kb]
  Congress is considering legislation to help local school boards build new schools.
  
• Outstanding program planned for National Affiliates at NSBA Conference [HTML 4,086kb]
  School district leaders from the National Affiliate districts who come to NSBA’s Annual Conference are invited to gather at National Affiliate Central, where they can relax, unwind, meet their peers from across the country, and participate in educational workshops and roundtable discussions.
  
• NSBA President: NSBA’s subgroups have much to offer [HTML 6,602kb]
  NSBA President Norman Wooten describes how NSBA’s subgroups target specific needs of school board members.
  
• NSBA Editorial/Boards’ Eye View: Congress must seize the opportunity to fix NCLB now [HTML 5,177kb]
  Congress must fix the No Child Left Behind Act now, NSBA asserts, or this poorly designed law will continue to undermine the education of children and waste limited staff and financial resources.
  
• Legal Ease School Law Notes: How far is too far? Limiting cyber-speech by students [HTML 5,059kb]
  Schools should be reticent to succumb to the temptation to censor off-campus cyber-speech regardless of how tasteless the speech might be?unless there is some connection to the school setting.
  
• Fast Report [HTML 3,716kb]
  National education news in brief.
  
• School boards weigh budget cuts as states reduce funding [HTML 7,154kb]
  School districts across the nation are feeling the pinch as the worsening economy forces them to make tough decisions about cutting programs and staff.