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NSBA mourns death of longtime colleague Gus Steinhilber 23 Aug 2013 | 11:27 pm
Gus Steinhilber August W. Steinhilber Jr., NSBA’s former General Counsel, Associate Executive Director, and head of NSBA’s Office of Federal Relations, died on August 20 at age 81. Steinhilber, who ...
School boards concerned about federal proposal to expand school data collection 22 Aug 2013 | 09:42 pm
The National School Boards Association (NSBA) is opposing a burdensome and confusing expansion of data collected on students and school districts proposed by the U.S. Department of Education’s Office ...
State school board leaders focus on transformative leadership at NSBA event 22 Aug 2013 | 07:09 pm
NSBA President David Pickler addresses Presidents’ Retreat More than 80 state school board leaders gathered in Memphis, Tenn., last week to discuss school governance trends, hone their leadership ski...
Center for Public Education examines good and bad news from ACT data 22 Aug 2013 | 02:54 am
Jim Hull, Senior Policy Analyst for the Center for Public Education (CPE) at the National School Boards Association, recently analyzed the latest batch of ACT scores for CPE’s blog, the Edifier: ACT ...
NSBA expert discusses educational technology on South Korea radio show 22 Aug 2013 | 02:45 am
President Barack Obama recently lauded South Korea as a model for educational technology and internet accessibility on a recent visit to a U.S. school. But South Koreans aren’t convinced their schools...
Americans support for public schools, yet skepticism on testing, PDK/Gallup poll finds 22 Aug 2013 | 01:48 am
The general public is quite skeptical about school vouchers, standardized testing, and teacher evaluations using student test scores, according to the annual Phi Delta Kappa/Gallup poll, released Augu...
ASBJ’s 2014 Magna Awards open for nominations 16 Aug 2013 | 05:32 pm
The American School Board Journal’s Magna Awards honors exceptional school programs created by school boards each year. The program, which is sponsored by Sodexo School Services, is now accepting nomi...
State school board leaders to attend NSBA retreat on leadership 15 Aug 2013 | 08:05 pm
This week dozens of state school board leaders will meet in Memphis, Tenn., to discuss school governance trends and hone their leadership skills at the National School Boards Association’s (NSBA) annu...
NSBA and Kennedy Center seeking school boards for arts education award 15 Aug 2013 | 02:07 am
Nominations are now open for the annual arts education award for school boards given by the National School Boards Association (NSBA) and the Kennedy Center Alliance for Arts Education Network (KCAAN)...
NSBA and other major education organizations call for increase to E-Rate funding cap 14 Aug 2013 | 05:24 pm
The Learning First Alliance (LFA), a partnership of 15 leading education associations representing more than 10 million parents, educators, and policymakers which the National School Boards Associatio...
