NSBA Executive Director National Search

The National School Boards Association is conducting a national search for its next Executive Director as it continues to fulfill its important mission as the leading advocate for public education. The NSBA Board of Directors formed a search committee that is comprised of members of the executive committee of the Board of Directors, state school boards associations executive directors, and a representative from NSBA’s past presidents group.

• National School Boards Association Has Retained Vetted Solutions to Conduct Its Executive Director Search

  January 17, 2020

  NSBA has retained Vetted Solutions, an executive search firm that represents leading associations and nonprofit organizations, to conduct the association's national search to replace its retiring Executive Director and CEO, Thomas J. Gentzel.

• Statement on Signed FY 2020 Spending Package

  December 22, 2019

  NSBA is pleased that U.S. Congress and the Administration reached a bipartisan agreement, which contains a $1.3 billion increase for education, to fund the government. The education funding is a much needed investment in every student who attends a public school.

• NSBA Statement Urging Broad Participation in Governance of Public Schools

  November 5, 2019

  The public school is both a cherished tradition, as well as a critical underpinning, to the democracies of both Canada and the United States. It is an essential means of ensuring that citizens are well prepared to elect their leaders and to make important decisions about shaping the future. That is why, in both of our countries, education is deeply rooted in the community and why leadership of it must be, too.

• Response to the 2019 NAEP Mathematics and Reading Results

  October 30, 2019

  While the national high school graduation rate is at its all-time highest, the findings from the 2019 NAEP Mathematics and Reading Assessments demonstrate that students must have more support.

• IDEA High Cost Pool Funding Statement

  October 16, 2019

  Following the reintroduction of the IDEA High Cost Pool Funding Act, NSBA Executive Director & CEO Thomas J. Gentzel released a statement in support of the legislation.

• Thomas J. Gentzel Announces Retirement as Executive Director & CEO of National School Boards Association

  October 10, 2019

  After serving as Executive Director & CEO for NSBA since 2012, Thomas J. Gentzel today announced he will retire in May 2020.

• Statement on Upcoming DACA Supreme Court Case

  October 10, 2019

  NSBA filed an amicus brief urging the Supreme Court to preserve the DACA program and protect the rights of the more than 850,000 public school students that have benefited from it.

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