Earlier today, the New Jersey Department of Education (NJDOE) announced that it is delaying the beginning of this spring’s scheduled standardized testing window. Dr. Richard Bozza, executive director of the…
Pandemic widens inequities By Dorothy Wigmore “We’re all in this together,” was the message in March. But it soon became clear the pandemic ocean has different boats. Some people are…
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The following documents, written by NJEA in collaboration with the New Jersey Work Environment Council (WEC) and the Healthy Schools Now (HSN) Coalition, are designed to alert NJEA leaders and…
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Over the past two years, Statewide standardized assessment in New Jersey has been in a constant state of flux. The New Jersey Department of Education (NJDOE) and State Board of…
On Nov. 18, 2019, the Belleville Board of education adopted a resolution in favor of diminishing the role of testing in student evaluation. Your Board of Education can adopt this…
NJEA President Marie Blistan recently penned a guest editorial on the detrimental effects of high-stakes testing published on nj.com. Read it here. Related NJEA member Ikechukwu Onyema gives a member's…
We are all familiar with the adage, “You cannot fatten a pig by merely weighing it.” Despite this, policymakers in our state and throughout the country insist on focusing their…
As the New Jersey State Board of Education considers proposed revisions to the Standards and Assessment Code (N.J.A.C. 6A:8), seven New Jersey State Teachers of the Year wrote a joint…