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best of 2024
  • Leadership
  • | Membership

The Best of Net Assets Magazine 2024

This year's top 12 cover every thing from food service inflation to financing in a new lending environment.
2 min read
Crystal Washington 2

Feature  

  • Change Management
  • | Leadership
  • | Technology

Keeping an Ear on the Future

Organizations that are successfully adopting new technologies find ways to harness staff feedback, says keynote speaker Crystal Washington.
8 min read
Concept of diverse business people join hands forming heart

CEO Notebook  

  • Culture
  • | Leadership

It Takes a Village To Build a Village

When school leaders prioritize genuine appreciation, a positive and motivated workplace culture results.
4 min read
clock and gavel
  • Labor Law
  • | Regulatory Updates
  • | Salary

Overtime Threshold Increases Were Overturned. What Now? This item is protected.

The overtime rules that many schools have prepared for will revert to earlier thresholds. Here's how leaders can prepare.
3 min read
Tower Hill School campus

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  • Financial Aid
  • | Research
  • | Tuition

Remission Accomplished? This item is protected.

Tuition remission is on the rise. What does that mean for schools’ sustainability and culture?
14 min read
Rabbits at Walnut Farms

Other Duties As Assigned  

  • Facilities
  • | Leadership

The Circle of (Estimated, Useful) Life

Nothing teaches adaptability quite like chasing the school’s runaway rabbits, as this business officer discovered.
6 min read
underwater concept
  • Endowment
  • | Legal

Managing Underwater Endowments Amid Market Volatility

A well-crafted policy will help meet both donors’ and the school’s long-term needs.
6 min read

CEO Notebook  

  • Human Resources
  • | Performance Management

Making Work Meaningful at Your School

To retain talent, school leaders must cultivate clear purpose, mutual trust and opportunities to grow.
5 min read
Friends Select School table

Feature  

  • Budget
  • | Enrollment
  • | Tuition

Public Funding, Private Choices: School Choice Funding This item is protected.

More states than ever are offering school choice funding, but are the strings attached worth it?
11 min read
Headshot of speaker Kyle Scheele

Feature  

  • Change Management
  • | Culture
  • | Leadership

Child’s Play: An Interview with 2025 NBOA Annual Meeting Speaker Kyle Scheele

Building a financial plan or new organizational chart can be creative work – we just need to find ways to exercise the creative muscle.
6 min read
dollar in god we trust

Business Intelligence  

  • Budget
  • | Salary
  • | Tuition

Faith and School Finances This item is protected.

Independent schools with a religious affiliation are more reliant on annual giving than all other types of independent schools.
4 min read
Heather Hoerle (center) accepting the  2022 Sarah Daignault Outstanding  Support for Independent Schools  Award with Shields and Rose Neubert,  the 2021–23 NBOA Board Chair.

Projections  

  • Boards and Trustees
  • | Enrollment
  • | Leadership

A Fond Farewell

A conversation with Heather Hoerle as she reflects on a career serving independent schools, from NAIS to EMA.
6 min read
Blue and red pencils on red and blue background stock photo

CEO Notebook  

  • Culture
  • | Human Resources
  • | Leadership

Politics on Campus: Supporting Our Schools, Knowing the Rules

As the November election approaches, it’s critical to actively cultivate campus culture.
4 min read
Stock image of schoolgirl sitting on stack of books, shadow of university student on wall
  • Budget
  • | Leadership
  • | Planning

Lessons from a Start-Up School This item is protected.

Jewish Leadership Academy’s business leader shared what he learned about perpetual project management in the three years leading up to the school’s opening.
4 min read
spending investment concept
  • Endowment
  • | Investments

How You Spend vs. What You Spend

If your school’s endowment policy uses the Moving Average methodology, you may want to consider the Constant Growth methodology instead.
6 min read
stock illustration of a man painting over another person's speech bubble
  • Accounting
  • | Culture
  • | Risk Management

Can You Say Anything? Free Speech in Independent Schools

How laws and regulations on free speech apply to nonprofit independent schools as well as policy and cultural considerations.
6 min read

Strategies  

  • Culture
  • | Diversity and Inclusion
  • | Financial Aid

Clarifying Financial Aid for Multilingual Families This item is protected.

Making the process clearer to parents whose dominant language is not English can result in significant community enrichment.
4 min read

CEO Notebook  

  • Endowment
  • | Planning
  • | Research

Your Peers Are Entering Their School’s Data. Have You?

More than 1,000 member schools have started data entry so they can reap the benefits of robust analysis and benchmarking in the new year.
4 min read
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  • Change Management
  • | Planning

Using Future Studies To Cope with Top Challenges

School leaders need to envision multiple possible outcomes when facing risks and opportunities.
5 min read
Rocket Launch with Rising Graph on Blue Background
  • Endowment
  • | Investments

Strategies for Boosting Unrestricted Endowment

Schools with smaller and larger endowment may benefit from different approaches.
6 min read

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