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BoardBuzz: NSBA's Daily Weblog


Hats off to health!

BoardBuzz has reported before (and here)about President Clinton's efforts to curb childhood obesity. And now he's honoring schools that have taken steps to help in the fight. According to an...

Started in BoardBuzz: NSBA's Daily Weblog • 3 months ago • 0 responses
Tags: announcements, health & wellness, students
The big questions for your school board elections

School board elections are getting into gear in lots of communities across the country. These critical contests generally don't get anywhere near the attention that they deserve. After all, almost...

Started in BoardBuzz: NSBA's Daily Weblog • 3 months ago • 0 responses
Tags: advocacy & legislation, school boards
A new class clown

Associated Press (by way of USA Today) reported about one of BoardBuzz's biggest concerns: bullying. ( A topic we covered both here and here before.) What intrigued us this time, you may ask? The...

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Tags: miscellany, school safety, students
More education peeps from presidential politics

A few more blips on the Education President Radar this week.First, Ben Boychuk and Joel Mathis from Scripps-Howard have a very brief back-and-forth in which Boychuk points out that President Bush...

Started in BoardBuzz: NSBA's Daily Weblog • 3 months ago • 0 responses
Tags: no child left behind
BoardBuzz podcast

http://www.nsba.org/blog/podcasts/Buzzcast29.mp3 BoardBuzzNSBAMouseover the icon to listen to BuzzCast 29We're back in full podcasting form after a brief summer break.Technology rears its head...

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Tags: podcasts
Congress is en fuego!

Maybe Congress should go on recess more often. Or at least put more recess periods on their schedule, because, unlike any other time during the year, Congress is suddenly able to actually pass...

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Tags: advocacy & legislation
A little bit greener

Green with envy? That's not quite the reason behind schools deciding to go green. USA Today reports that more and more schools are looking at how eco-friendliness can help them save money, when...

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Tags: health & wellness, miscellany, school boards, students, teachers
School board members make their mark on housing bill

Yesterday morning, the President signed the Home Mortgage Aid Bill (H.R. 3221) into law. After carefully reading the 694-page bill (and missing a few of our scheduled 40 winks), BoardBuzz is happy...

Started in BoardBuzz: NSBA's Daily Weblog • 3 months ago • 0 responses
Tags: advocacy & legislation, announcements, school boards
Jump on in

BoardBuzz has always been on the lookout to see how students are staying active and what opportunities schools offer for physical education. We covered before the upcoming skateboarding trend, but...

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Tags: health & wellness, students
Workin' it a new way

In the immortal words of Bobby Brady, "Mom always says, don't play ball in the house." C'mon, admit it -- your mom said it too. Ah, but times they are a-changin'. That's right. Now kids can play...

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Tags: health & wellness, miscellany, students