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School Leader

NJSBA’s quarterly magazine focuses on trends and issues of interest to boards of education and their top administrators.

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New Dimensions in Career and Technical Education

Challenges remain with program capacity and access, funding, staffing, and awareness of post-secondary pathways, among other areas.

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AI in the Classroom: Separating Opportunity from Opportunism

So far, many school districts are less concerned about cheating than setting guidelines for students and teachers on how to become familiar with and effectively use AI.

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Leadership Evolution: A 27-Year Comparison of Female School Principals in New Jersey

According to the 2012 U.S. Department of Education Schools and Staff Survey Report, women made up 52% of public school principals at that time. Nearly ten years later, the National Center for Educational Statistics reported that 56% of all public school principals in the 2020–2021 school year were female.

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A Decade of Progress: Schools Enact Over 9,800 Sustainability Actions

Launching Sustainable Jersey for Schools was a major step toward the future of sustainability in New Jersey. NJSBA’s leadership and vision helped make Sustainable Jersey for Schools possible.

Cape May City Elementary School’s pollinator garden. The school has maintained silver-level Sustainable Jersey for Schools certification continuously since 2016.
President's Message

An Association Poised to Build on its Success

With my term as president soon ending, our Association is poised to take on new challenges with continued competence, efficiency, grace and character.

Executive Word

Nourished and Secure: Two of the Keys to Student Success

Feeding and protecting our students go hand in hand with student achievement — we must nourish and safeguard them to help them learn, grow and thrive.

ELFNJ Spotlight

ELFNJ Is Now Accepting Donations Via its Website

The Educational Leadership Foundation of New Jersey is now accepting online donations.

ELFNJ Spotlight

NJSBA’s New Board Member Orientation Weekend

New board members enjoyed two weekends of networking and training at the New Board Member Orientation Weekend conducted by the New Jersey School Boards Association with support from the Educational Leadership Foundation of New Jersey.

Reader's Forum

Saddle River Valley Lions, Bergen County Districts Team Up to Expand Service-Learning Opportunities

The Lions and its Bergen County school district partners have reimagined the program to provide local students with a 10-year, continuous service-learning opportunity that begins in elementary school, runs through middle school and continues in high school.

Field Perspective

Chronic Student Absenteeism: Its Impact and Possible Solutions

Whether an absence is considered excused or not is irrelevant. The student is not in school where they would benefit from educational opportunities.