Additional Resources
Transforming the Teaching Profession: NSBA Helps Build Shared Vision
May 23, 2012 - Building on collective efforts and attendance at the U.S. Department of Education’s 2012 Labor Management Conference, NSBA joined Secretary Duncan and six other national education leaders in continuing the conference’s theme of transforming the teaching profession by releasing a shared vision document that paved the way toward achieving that. Titled, Transforming the Teaching Profession, the document outlines steps that states, school districts, and the federal government must take to recruit, prepare, and support teachers through their careers.
Harassment, Bullying and Free Expression: Guidelines for Free and Safe Public Schools
May 2012 - According to these guidelines, students should be able to attend public schools where they are free to share their views and engage in discussions about religious and political differences while simultaneously attending safe schools that prohibit discrimination, bullying, and harassment. These guidelines were organized by the American Jewish Committee and the Religious Freedom Education Project and endorsed by NSBA as part of a coalition of 17 organizations.
State & Local Governance Coalition Asks Congress to Place a Priority on ESEA
May 3, 2012 - Governance Coalition sends Letter to Congress on ESEA Reauthorization
NSBA President's Letter to Obama Asking for a National Dialogue on Public Education's Direction
April 17, 2012 - NSBA President writes to Obama about public education in the U.S. being on the wrong track and urges him to bring his "parent hat" to a national dialogue to reconsider our educational direction.
Reauthorization of the Elementary Secondary and Education Act: NSBA's Position
An overview of ESEA/NCLB's importance to local school boards and our public schools, NSBA's issue brief and more resources
NSBA's Key Advocacy/Legislative Issues
NSBA's Key Advocacy/Legislative Issues: federal funding, school vouchers, charters schools, early childhood education, e-rate, Medicaid, more.
Amicus Briefs from NSBA
NSBA files more amicus briefs to the Supreme Court each year than all education associations combined.
Data-First.org
Data First, an interactive web site created by NSBA's Center for Public Education, was created with the idea that data matters. Education data, used well, can help school board members and others who care about education to make good decisions – ones based, not on the loudest voices or the latest theories, but on the facts about what students need and how they are currently doing.
"Legal Issues for School Districts Related to Education on Undocumented Children"
A joint publication by the National School Boards Association and the National Education Association.
School Board Circa 2010: Governance in the Accountability Era
Released in February 2011 by the National School Boards Association (NSBA), the Thomas B. Fordham Institute, and the Iowa School Boards Foundation (ISBF) this report based on a national survey of more than 1,000 school leaders gives insights into the workings of America’s nearly 14,000 school boards.