sign in • sign up
web | myLot | discussions | blogs | news | photos
homeinterestsdiscussionsblogsnewsmessages friendsphotosearningsmyLot

BoardBuzz: NSBA's Daily Weblog


Crank up the terrible towel

Pittsburgh Steelers fans come as die-hard as can be in the world of the NFL. Their success on the field is well documented, and those who attend the games are often granted the beloved "terrible...

Started in BoardBuzz: NSBA's Daily Weblog • 3 weeks ago • 0 responses
Tags: miscellany, students
Will Supremes answer the question this time?

From NSBA's free weekly Legal Clips e-newsletter BoardBuzz gets word that an Oregon school district is asking the Supreme Court to resolve a special ed issue on which it split 4-4, with Justice...

Started in BoardBuzz: NSBA's Daily Weblog • 3 weeks ago • 0 responses
Tags: school law
Darwin film in the works

That's right, the evolution/intelligent design debate may see a resurgence as a new movie is in development about the life of Charles Darwin. BoardBuzz is even hopeful that the film will be... good....

Started in BoardBuzz: NSBA's Daily Weblog • 3 weeks ago • 0 responses
Tags: curriculum, miscellany, religion
Readers, slow down!

BoardBuzz admits to being a compulsive websurfer in the morning. Give us a cup of coffee and broadband, and we are ready to scan the world, picking up the flotsam and jetsam of presidential polls,...

Started in BoardBuzz: NSBA's Daily Weblog • 4 weeks ago • 0 responses
Tags: miscellany, students
What? WALK to School??

Remember the line “I used to walk 10 miles to school every day, uphill, both ways…”? Today’s children and youth are much less likely to use it. According to the Centers for Disease Control and...

Started in BoardBuzz: NSBA's Daily Weblog • 4 weeks ago • 0 responses
Tags: health & wellness
New ADA Expands Disability Coverage

President Bush is expected to sign into law the new Americans with Disabilities Amendments Act of 2008, which was passed by Congress this week. NSBA submitted a letter to Congress expressing some of...

Started in BoardBuzz: NSBA's Daily Weblog • 4 weeks ago • 0 responses
Tags: advocacy & legislation
Five is Enough???

Earlier this week U.S. Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings unveiled the department’s Leading Education Indicators: Trends in Education. The indicators include Achievement, Achievement Gaps,...

Started in BoardBuzz: NSBA's Daily Weblog • 4 weeks ago • 0 responses
Tags: advocacy & legislation
"Soccer apocalypse mom" writes to future President

BoardBuzz gave up trying to figure out what parts of this letter to the next President by writer, radio commentator, and public school mom Sandra Tsing Loh to share with you here in this blog entry....

Started in BoardBuzz: NSBA's Daily Weblog • 4 weeks ago • 0 responses
Tags: miscellany
Where We Stood?

Last night PBS debuted a new documentary, Where We Stand, which looks at education in America through the lens of Ohio. Judy Woodruff introduces Ohio as a cross section of America, where urban,...

Started in BoardBuzz: NSBA's Daily Weblog • 4 weeks ago • 0 responses
Tags: miscellany, school boards, students, teachers
School boards tighten belts

The doom and gloom for school board budgets continues. The New York Times had this piece a couple of weeks ago about the painful choices being made in communities around the country. “The big...

Started in BoardBuzz: NSBA's Daily Weblog • 4 weeks ago • 0 responses
Tags: school finance