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  • Crisis Management
  • | Cybersecurity
  • | Risk Management

Six Cybersecurity Threats Every School Leader Should Know

From ransomware demands to supply chain risks, independent schools face cyber risks that demand top attention.
4 min read
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Strategies  

  • Compliance
  • | Policy
  • | Procedures

Business Office Policies and Procedures

NBOA’s robust resource hub can be the starting point for a complete business office manual or ease the updating of an existing one.
2 min read
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Risk & Compliance  

  • Governance
  • | Leadership
  • | Risk Management

How To Handle an Unexpected Head Turnover This item is protected.

What you need to know from a legal standpoint when managing an unplanned head of school transition.
6 min read

CEO Notebook  

  • Cybersecurity
  • | Risk Management

A Clear Guide for Assessing Cyber Risk and Mitigations

As cyber attacks continue grow for K12 schools, understanding what’s in your school’s cyber insurance is more important than ever.
3 min read
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  • Crisis Management
  • | Facilities
  • | Risk Management

Pivoting the Business Office During a Crisis This item is protected.

A paperless business office with remote office practices was critical in maintaining business operations and ensuring continuity in the aftermath of the Palisades Fires.
4 min read

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  • Risk Management
  • | Safety and Security

Safe and Culturally Sound This item is protected.

Beefing up school security can raise hackles. Two schools found ways to improve protocols without rocking school culture.
11 min read
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  • Compliance
  • | Policy
  • | Risk Management

10 Most Common Fraud Opportunities at Independent Schools — and How To Stop Them This item is protected.

Economic uncertainty and AI may create more opportunities for fraud. It’s critical to be aware of risk and mitigation measures.
6 min read
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Strategies  

  • Risk Management
  • | Technology

7 Steps to AI Integration This item is protected.

An approach that balances access and oversight has helped The Kinkaid School experiment in both the classroom and operations.
7 min read
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Projections  

  • Legal
  • | Risk Management

Navigating Uncertainty

What independent school leaders need to know about changing federal policies.
6 min read
Los Angeles Fire

Feature  

  • Crisis Management
  • | Facilities
  • | Risk Management

Trial by Fire: Best Practices This item is protected.

Independent school leaders evaluated, evacuated and evolved their approach to educational operations through the fury of this year’s L.A. area fires.
14 min read
Los Angeles Fire

Feature  

  • Crisis Management
  • | Risk Management
  • | Safety and Security

Trial by Fire: School Leaders' Stories This item is protected.

Independent school leaders evaluated, evacuated and evolved their approach to educational operations through the fury of this year’s L.A. area fires.
11 min read

CEO Notebook  

  • Planning
  • | Procedures
  • | Risk Management

Summer Could Be the Time to Tackle ERM

Enterprise risk management may sound intimidating, but this simple list can help you get started this summer.
4 min read
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  • Budget
  • | Policy
  • | Risk Management

The “Jet Fuel” of Rising Claims Costs: Litigation Investment

Third-party litigation financing is driving up liability claim costs, and independent schools may be unwittingly investing in the practice.
3 min read
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Risk & Compliance  

  • Crisis Management
  • | Procedures
  • | Risk Management

Mitigating an Active Shooter This item is protected.

Strong planning and leadership helped one school through the unthinkable.
7 min read
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Risk & Compliance  

  • Enrollment
  • | Financial Aid
  • | Risk Management

Navigating Two-Household Families This item is protected.

Strong policies are critical when parents have different ideas about applications, financial aid and enrollment contracts.
6 min read
Kenya Trip (1)

Feature  

  • Policy
  • | Risk Management
  • | Trips

Tripped Up: Trip Management & Risk This item is protected.

New challenges populate the decision-making maze of independent school travel programs.
12 min read
culture meets compliance

Projections  

  • Compliance
  • | Human Resources
  • | Legal

When Compliance Complements Culture

Legal compliance is critical, but when applied without compassion, it can muddy school culture.
6 min read
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Risk & Compliance  

  • Compliance
  • | Legal
  • | Policy

The Evolving Role of the School Counselor This item is protected.

School leaders and counselors both need to understand confidentiality from a legal standpoint and prepare accordingly.
5 min read
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  • Compliance
  • | Cybersecurity

It’s Keeping Me Awake at Night: What International School Tech Directors Are Losing Sleep Over

Data privacy and security remain top concerns for tech directors, with the introduction of AI tools adding complexity to regulatory compliance.
6 min read
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  • 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