By Efrain Monterroso As a first-generation college graduate, I am grateful for my college experience, but it was sometimes a struggle to navigate the higher education system. Even though I…
Nikole Hannah-Jones, the Pulitzer Prize-winning creator of the 1619 Project and a staff writer at The New York Times Magazine, will appear at the NJEA Convention on Friday, Nov. 11.…
Creating connections, community, curriculum New Jersey has a variety of representative curricula: Amistad, Holocaust, LGBTQIA+, Persons with Disabilities, and effective as of September 2022, Asian American and Pacific Islanders. Yet…
The weekend of April 8 through 10 was focused on NJEA’s higher education members who were able to hold their first in-person conference in over two years. The weekend included…
In a victory for students and public education, all ten of NJEA’s endorsed congressional candidates won their primary elections yesterday. They will now advance to the general election on November…
Somber faces and red shirts reading "Moms Demand Action" and "Everytown for Gun Safety" filled the room as NJEA President Sean M. Spiller joined Gov. Phil Murphy and legislative leaders…
NJEA’s officers, President Sean M. Spiller, Vice President Steve Beatty, and Secretary-Treasurer Petal Robertson, issued this statement in the wake of today’s tragic school shooting at Robb Elementary School in…
We need you! By Dr. Jeanne DelColle Why did you decide to become an educator? While there is plenty of research to explain why people leave the profession, we need…
NJEA PAC and NEA’s Fund for Children and Public Education have endorsed Rob Menendez for Congress in New Jersey’s 8th Congressional District. Menendez is running to replace Rep. Albio Sires,…
The New Jersey Education Association is pleased to announce the hiring of Deborah Cornavaca as Director of Government Relations – Politics and Policy. Cornavaca currently serves as Deputy Chief of…