November 28, 2022
According to the latest National Assessment of Educational Progress results – the first since the start of the pandemic – average scores in reading and math for both fourth and eighth grade students declined sharply since 2019.
November 28, 2022
At the Union County School Boards Association meeting held on Wednesday, Nov. 16, attendees heard from Dorenia Villalona, assistant business administrator of operations at the New Brunswick School District, and Jisette Duran, the district’s digital branding and communications specialist.
November 28, 2022
At the Hudson County School Boards Association meeting on Monday, Nov. 21, at Robert Menendez Elementary School, the New Jersey School Boards Association recognized its 2022-2023 School Board Member of the Year, Adam Parkinson, president of the West New York Board of Education.
November 28, 2022
The Jersey City School District was honored for earning an Exemplary Program recognition in the 2022 School Leader Awards, which is awarded by the New Jersey School Boards Association.
November 28, 2022
State law requires that school board members for public school districts, including charter schools, undergo criminal background checks within 30 days of election or appointment. Incumbent school board members who were reelected Nov. 8 do not have to undergo criminal background checks.
November 22, 2022
Positions that will be open are the presidency and three vice presidencies. The election will take place on May 13, 2023, at the NJSBA Delegate Assembly. All offices are two-year terms, May 2023-May 2025.
November 21, 2022
On Nov. 21, the New Jersey Senate held a voting session that gave final legislative approval to S-588/A-4169, a bill requiring the State Board of Education to adopt academic standards in information literacy, among other actions.
November 20, 2022
The New Jersey School Boards Association celebrated the success of its first in-person Workshop in three years and officers and staff updated members on the Association's strategic plan and tackled other important business at the Nov. 19 semiannual Delegate Assembly.
November 18, 2022
The governor announced in a Nov. 16 news release that the New Jersey Department of Children and Families would issue a request for proposals to create the new NJ4S program in time for the 2023-2024 academic year, while pledging to provide funding to continue the SBYSP through fiscal year 2024.
November 18, 2022
The Passaic Academy for Science and Engineering, part of the Passaic School District, was honored with a School Leader award as a recognized program at the Nov. 14 Passaic County School Boards Association meeting.