About School Boards for Academic Excellence
School Boards for Academic Excellence (SBAE) is a brand-new national capacity-building organization dedicated to ensuring that every school board member in this country has a strong professional school board association in their state empowering them to advance sound achievement-focused education policy and equipping them to serve as effective advocates for the children and parents in their community.
SBAE is rooted in the idea that education is an issue best addressed at the local level. We believe that well-informed, well-trained local school board members, committed to working closely with the parents and teachers in their community, can restore academic excellence to our nation’s schools and ensure that every child, regardless of circumstance, receives the education needed to reach their greatest potential.
Recent years have seen a wave of new school board members elected across the country. These private citizens – many of them parents increasingly aware of how the education system is failing their children – have come into office deeply committed to improving academic achievement, encouraging healthy parental involvement in education, and serving as faithful stewards on behalf of the communities they serve. Yet, to be successful these school board members must have support. They need to be equipped with the training, tools, and unbiased information necessary to challenge the education status quo and once again restore academic excellence and student achievement to the forefront of America’s education system. [Read more…]