New online tool for school boards.
The National School Boards Association (NSBA) and the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) have partnered in an effort to help state school boards associations work with local school boards to improve science, math, and technology programs in schools. The organizations have launched the SMarT School Boards...

First of a two-part series: turning the tables on assessment: assessing and evaluating school boards and superintendents are vital to meeting district goals.
[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] FORMATIVE ASSESSMENTS ARE CRUCIAL FOR MANAGING ALL areas of a district--and not just for students but even for the leaders themselves. A school district leadership team is comprised of the school board, forming the governance team, and the superintendent, who is the leader of the...

School boards.
Christopher Berry and William Howell ("Accountability Lost," research, Winter 2008) present an interesting academic study about whether student achievement data have an impact on school board elections. What would be even more relevant to know, however, is if the candidates for school board, either the incumbents or those newly...

School board vital part of vision.
Byline: TEAM SPRINGFIELD By Nancy Golden For The Register-Guard Six years ago, working side by side with our community, we created the Springfield Quality Education Model, or S-QEM - our pathway to the future. The school board has been working tirelessly ever since to ensure our vision:...

Catholic school report details taxpayer savings.
Byline: Bronislaus Kush COLUMN: WORCESTER DIARY It was reported this week that the city faces a budget shortfall of $26.9 million to $31.4 million next fiscal year. Now imagine the financial chaos that would result if municipal administrators had to dig up another...

BRIEFLY.
Byline: The Register-Guard Springfield High School party committee to meet Springfield High School's All Night Party Committee will meet Monday at 7 p.m. in the high school cafeteria. For more information, call 653-8197. Free Celtic music concert set for Saturday at...

CALENDAR.
Byline: The Register-Guard Cottage Grove MONDAY South Lane School District - 6 p.m., District Service Center, 455 Adams St. 942-3381. Eugene MONDAY Police Auditor Ordinance Review Committee - 5 p.m., McNutt Room, City Hall, 777 Pearl St....

CALENDAR.
Byline: The Register-Guard Cottage Grove TODAY South Lane School District - 6 p.m., District Service Center, 455 Adams St. 942-3381. Eugene TODAY Police Auditor Ordinance Review Committee - 5 p.m., McNutt Room, City Hall, 777 Pearl St....

What they're saying.
Obama's Secretary of Education Announced In December, President-elect Barack Obama named Arne Duncan, the superintendent of Chicago Public Schools, as the next secretary of education according to reports by New York Times and Washington Post (12/15/08). Duncan has called for doubling funding for No Child Left Behind,...

CALENDAR.
Byline: The Register-Guard Eugene TODAY Eugene Water & Electric Board - 5:30 p.m., Board Room, North Building, EWEB headquarters, 500 E. Fourth Ave. New commissioners sworn in, committee assignments made. 484-2411. Police Commission Policy Screening Review Committee - 5:30 p.m., McNutt...