Creature Feature
July 24, 2018
A special education teacher brings her trained therapy dog to class and the affection and comfort shared between the students and the dog reduces the…
July 24, 2018
A special education teacher brings her trained therapy dog to class and the affection and comfort shared between the students and the dog reduces the…
March 14, 2018
As a parent, I can’t help but get angry when I see vaping shops popping up all over the place. Advertising flavors like “Gummi Bear,”…
January 26, 2018
School leaders, education professionals and the education community in general identify student achievement as the top priority of our public school system. But what exactly…
July 06, 2017
In the movie “Oliver,” based on Charles Dicken’s famous book “Oliver Twist,” hungry orphans are depicted watching a young Oliver address the pitiless administrator with…
May 24, 2017
As the world changes, so do the questions that the NJSBA policy department gets from school board members. Here’s a query that a policy consultant…
February 03, 2017
I don’t know about you, but when I even think about head lice I start to feel itchy. Insect infestations of any kind are something…
December 09, 2016
If we were typical middle-class Americans living in the late 1800s to the early 1900s, just after the Industrial Revolution, preventing the bullying of children…
September 07, 2016
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…
June 21, 2016
Is there any greater childhood joy than the last day of school, when the summer stretches ahead in a seemingly endless stream of days of…
February 11, 2016
One of the fundamental responsibilities of an NJSBA policy consultant is to read and evaluate board policy manuals. This dues-based service is called the Wellness…