Perspectives
Elevating Technology in Public Schools
The recent released NAEP data offer many opportunities for school leaders to learn which practices can help students raise their academic achievement levels, specifically when it comes to digital learning. The Center for Public Education examined the relationship between student achievement and some technology-related school factors.
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IDEA High Cost Pool Funding Statement
October 16, 2019Following the reintroduction of the IDEA High Cost Pool Funding Act, NSBA Executive Director & CEO Thomas J. Gentzel released a statement in support of the legislation.
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Business in Focus Feature
October 15, 2019Leading business publication Business in Focus Magazine featured NSBA’s LifeReady campaign as part of their focus on how skill trades are shoring up today’s workforce in their October edition.
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Thomas J. Gentzel Announces Retirement as Executive Director & CEO of National School Boards Association
October 10, 2019After serving as Executive Director & CEO for NSBA since 2012, Thomas J. Gentzel today announced he will retire in May 2020.
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Statement on Upcoming DACA Supreme Court Case
October 10, 2019NSBA filed an amicus brief urging the Supreme Court to preserve the DACA program and protect the rights of the more than 850,000 public school students that have benefited from it.
NSBA Statement Urging Broad Participation in Governance of Public Schools
The public school is both a cherished tradition, as well as a critical underpinning, to the democracies of both Canada and the United States. It is an essential means of ensuring that citizens are well prepared to elect their leaders and to make important decisions about shaping the future. That is why, in both of our countries, education is deeply rooted in the community and why leadership of it must be, too.
Response to the 2019 NAEP Mathematics and Reading Results
While the national high school graduation rate is at its all-time highest, the findings from the 2019 NAEP Mathematics and Reading Assessments demonstrate that students must have more support.