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| RAISING
THE BAR: A School Board Primer on Student Achievement $21 |
REACHING
FOR EXCELLENCE: What Local School Districts are Doing to Raise Student
Achievement $21 |
REINVENTING
SCHOOL-BASED MANAGEMENT: A school board guide to school-based improvement $22 |
| Convening
the community to establish a vision, setting standards, and implementing
appropriate testing are discussed, as are indicators by which school
boards can define achievement and measure school quality. |
Critical
student achievement issues are discussed, including leadership and
accountability, standards, assessment, and factors that enable or
hinder success. Includes specific programs that districts have found
successful and identifies questions school board members need to
ask. |
This report offers guidance for school boards and administrators for developing a new approach to school-based decision making though the school based improvement model. |
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| SELECTED
GENERAL LAWS 2008 FOR SCHOOL COMMITTEES AND SCHOOL PERSONNEL masc members: $30 nonmembers: $75 |
M*I*S*C:
MANAGEMENT INFORMATION FOR SCHOOL COMMITTEES |
Understanding
and Limiting School Board Member Liability $21 |
| Compiled by MASC General Counsel, the book contains all education related laws, including the 1993 Education Reform Act, as amended, and revisions to the special education laws plus complete revisions of the bilingual education law. | The annual MISC publication is an in-house information service that supplies data-based, customized reports on: collective bargaining; teacher salaries and related data; administrator, central office, custodian, secretarial, and cafeteria worker salaries; and local aid analysis. | |
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| PARLIAMENTARY
PROCEDURE $9 |
ROBERT'S
RULES OF ORDER $17 |
BECOMING
A BETTER BOARD MEMBER $34 |
| A
unique, simplified, commonsense approach to rules for effective group
leadership. |
The
newly revised edition of this popular guide can help ensure that your
meetings run efficiently and effectively. Revisions and clarifications
to the minutes are recorded; a new subsection on the conduct of pulic
sessions, and the rule establishing time limits for a motion to reconsider. |
NSBA'S
essential guide to school leadership addresses topics ranging from
school committee roles and responsibilities to current issues in school
finance, curriculum, technology, labor relations and education reform. |
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| PLANS
AND POLICIES FOR TECHNOLOGY IN EDUCATION $34 |
LEADERSHIP
& TECHNOLOGY: What School Leaders Need to Know $32.50 |
SEXUAL
HARASSMENT BY SCHOOL EMPLOYEES $34 |
| Sample policies from school districts around the country, including copyright; purchasing; network/internet use; and ethics policies as well as sample technology plans. | This book will help the committee-and administrators confront technology-related issues including purchasing, staff development, curriculum revision, facility improvement, and evalutation,. | Covers harassment that occurs between employees and employee harassment of students. This edition also discusses current federal case law, effective policy development, how to conduct internal investigations, training advice and resources. |
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| STUDENT-TO-STUDENT
SEXUAL HARASSMENT: A Legal Guide $34 |
TECHNOLOGY
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT FOR P-12 EDUCATORS $27 |
STUDENT
TESTING AND ASSESSMENT: Answering the Legal Questions $25 |
| Includes information about recent court rulings as well as sample harassment policies. | Get help planning, implementing, and assessing technology-related professional development for teachers and administrators in your district. | Addresses one of the most controversial developments in education reform today. Among the materials included are an overview of state testing laws and federal activity; a framework for making policy decisions about test use; discrimination and due process issues that may arise; considerations for testing special student groups such children with disabilities; and accountability of educators, schools and districts based on student test scores. |
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| THE
COMMUNITY CONNECTION: Case Studies in public engagement $21 |
COMMUNITIES
COUNT: A school board guide to community engagement $22 |
CHARTING
A NEW COURSE: Fact and fiction about charter schools $21 |
| 15 school districts nationwide that have engaged and energized their communities to raise student achievement. Detailed profiles fo each district, plus how to define roles, provide for balanced community representation and leverage existing avenues of participation. List of useful resources. | This report examines the school board's crucial leadership role in public engagement, presents how-to strategies such as focus groups and poling, shows how several state school board associations have used public engagement to advance student achievement and identifies other resources. | This report examines charter schools as they exist today, evaluates their performance in raising student achievement and assesses their influence on traditional public schools. |
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| INTO
THE CLASSROOM: Teacher preparation, licensure, and recruitment $12 |
THE
KEY WORK OF SCHOOL BOARDS: A Guidebook $20 |
LEGAL
ISSUES & EDUCATION TECHNOLOGY: A School Leader's Guide $30 |
| Published
in 2001, Into the Classroom is the first in NSBA's new Elements of
Teacher Effectiveness series which will explore the role teachers
play in determining student success. This important study offers guidance
to school committees, administrators, legislators and others with a stake in the improvement of teacher preparation, licensure and recruitment policies. |
This newly released publication helps school board members understand and follow the eight essential elements of improving student achievement through community engagement. Includes self-assessment tools, questions, outlines, pointers on developing a school district action plan and more. | Designed to help school leaders and school attorneys understand and apply the rapidly changing laws surrounding technology use. Topics include: acceptable use policies for internet and e-mail; internet filtering; privacy rights; open meeting law; and copyright/fair use. |
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| RELIGION
AND PUBLIC SCHOOLS: Striking a Constitutional Balance $30 |
TEAM
LEADERSHIP FOR STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT $20 |
SCHOOL
LAW IN REVIEW Price: $35 |
| NEW EDITION: A
compilation of articles focusing on the effect of the Establishment and Free Exercise Clauses of the First Amendment, and recent Supreme Court
decisions are discussed. |
This brand new (Nov 01) publication from NSBA examines the roles and defines and responsibilities of the school leadership team (school committee members, superintendent) in addressing student achievement. | The newest edition from the NSBA Council of School Attorneys includes the following topics: religion in schools, prayer in schools; disciplining students for off-campus web sites; handling the errant board member; bilingual issues; school construction bidding issues; architects contracts; impact of special education on extracurricular activities, and more. |
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| NCLB Act Resource Documents $40 | EDUCATION LAW CASES 2006-2007 $24 | Investigating Alleged Misconduct by Employees $24 |
| Information about provisions, requirements and implications, AYP, teacher qualification and consequences for schools that do not make AYP. A Council of School Attys publication. 442 pages. | This new edition includes summaries of nearly 150 selected education law cases that were decided at the US Supreme Court, federal appellate and district courts, and state supreme and appellate courts from August 2006 through July 2007. Case summaries are grouped under broad topics such as employment, student rights, liability, and religion, No Child Left Behind, and special education and disabilities. | (revised and updated 2007 edition). One of the most frequent problems confronting employers is the need to investigate allegations of or suspicions that an employee has been involved in misconduct and to take appropriate action when the evidence substantiates wrongdoing. School district employers are no exception and the importance of fair and objective investigations and discipline is even more pronounced in the public school setting. This publication is intended to provide practical tips for handling these investigations in a manner to ensure fair treatment of the accused while affording appropriate and efficient remedies to the school employer. |
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