
School Leader
School Leader, NJSBA’s bi-monthly magazine, focuses on trends and issues of interest to boards of education and their top administrators.
May/June 2018 • Vol. 48 • No. 6
Special Section
School Security Redefined
In the days after the tragic events of April 20, 1999 at Columbine High School, school safety was redefined. Before Columbine, the issue of school…
NJSBA Q&A: One Local School Board Addresses Safety
School security and safety has always been among the most fundamental concerns of school boards and districts. But following the tragic school shooting in Parkland,…
Trending in School Security
Should teachers be equipped with bulletproof whiteboards? Is it time to monitor students’ Facebook and Twitter accounts for posts about bullying, bombs, or guns? Are…
Articles
President’s Message: A Look Back at the School Year
Every year this happens. Suddenly spring is in full force and the end of the school is quickly approaching. I find the end of the…
Executive Word: A Fresh Look at School Security
In 2014, the New Jersey School Boards Association issued the final report of the NJSBA School Security Task Force, which was the culmination of a…
ELFNJ Spotlight: ELFNJ Partners with the New Jersey Education Foundation Partnership on Best Practices Training Session
On May 24, the Educational Leadership Foundation of New Jersey (ELFNJ) and the New Jersey Education Foundation Partnership (NJEFP) will join together to bring NJSBA…
Labor Lookout: Recent Trends in Collective Negotiations
The New Jersey School Boards Association collects and maintains a database of teacher contract bargaining data, including settlement rates, board gains, salary guides, work time,…
Legally Speaking: Domestic Violence Victims are Focus of New Law
Just days before leaving office, and with little fanfare, then-Gov. Chris Christie signed a new law requiring all public employers, including all local school districts,…
School Finance: Long-Term Debt Planning for School Districts
For many New Jersey school districts, facilities and capital budget needs are cyclical. Between 1997 and 2006, a record number of New Jersey school districts…
Head of the Class: Engaging Parents to Help Students
A Springfield (Union County) school district program that actively engages parents as partners to help close achievement gaps was named the winner of the 2017…