Connect With Your State School Boards Associations
NSBA and its Federation Members represent 95,000 local school board members who are dedicated to educating every child to his or her fullest potential and committed to leadership for student achievement. This commitment has coalesced into a strategic vision—a vision of the National School Boards Association as a powerful, united, energetic Federation . . . as the premier advocate for public education . . . as an influential force for achieving excellence and equity in public education . . . and as a catalyst for aligning the power of the community on behalf of education.
Underlying this shared vision are certain bedrock convictions: (1) the belief that effective local school boards can enable all children to reach their potential; (2) the conviction that local governance of public education is a cornerstone of democracy; (3) the belief in the power of local school boards to convene the community around education issues; (4) the conviction that together, local school boards can influence education policy and governance at the state and national levels; (5) the commitment to the principle that through collaboration comes impact; and (6) the belief that the strength of local school board leadership arises from the board’s capacity to represent the diversity of students and communities.