New Jersey students registered increases both in participation and test scores this spring, in the second year of administration of the PARCC assessments in mathematics…
In the highest-profile action at its monthly meeting on Aug. 3, the State Board of Education voted to require the PARCC assessment as a high…
Every three years, under what is called the Comprehensive Equity Plan, the U.S. Department of Education requires states to assess their public school districts to…
As New Jersey’s board members know, summer means more than weekends at the shore and ice cream cones on a warm evening. Summer – when…
Each year NJSBA’s governmental relations staff schedules meetings with local legislators during the summer, when lawmakers are in their home offices and typically have more…
The National School Boards Association is urging local school board members to provide input to the U.S. Department of Education (USDOE) on the educational and…
To highlight the talent and skills of New Jersey public school students, the New Jersey School Boards Association will showcase several performances by New Jersey…
Patrick Duncan, NJSBA manager of labor relations, spoke at a recent meeting of the New Jersey Association of School Business Officials, on the topic of…
The New Jersey Department of Education will hold three “public listening sessions” on the implementation of the federal ‘Every Student Succeeds Act’ (ESSA). ESSA was…