NJEA elections slated for April

NJEA will hold its elections in April for NJEA’s statewide officers and county (and other unit) representatives. This year, approximately one-third of the Executive Committee and approximately one-half of the…

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NJ Supreme Court upholds collective bargaining rights

In a unanimous decision, the New Jersey Supreme Court ruled on Feb. 3 that negotiated full-time release provisions for association officers do not violate the law and are not unconstitutional…

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Empowering women in education

By Angel Boose From colonial times into the 19th century, most educators were men. Many used their teaching experience as a stepping stone into a more desired profession, thus decreasing…

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Science, not politics, must guide the reopening of schools

If there is one goal that the previous presidential administration and the current one share, it is the reopening of schools for full-time, in-person instruction. And as the survey data…

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Pandemic PE

Teaching goal-setting  in a challenging time By Meghan Radimer As an elementary physical education and health teacher, one of the most important skills I have had to master is learning…

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Third-grade students carry water for a two-mile trek to approximate the experience of some children in Uganda to obtain water.

Teaching students to think like explorers

By Lisa Abramovitz One hundred fifty muddy feet stomped across a two-mile expanse of grassy knoll as students carried heavy buckets filled with murky lake water. This water was then…

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NJEA statement on budget address

NJEA’s officers, President Marie Blistan, Vice President Sean M. Spiller and Secretary-Treasurer Steve Beatty, issued this statement following Gov. Phil Murphy’s budget address today: “We applaud Gov. Murphy’s strong, progressive…

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NJEA: NJDOE must stand with NJ students, proceed with federal waiver application

NJEA’s officers, President Marie Blistan, Vice President Sean M. Spiller and Secretary-Treasurer Steve Beatty, issued this statement regarding newly issued guidance from the U.S. Department of Education (USDOE) regarding assessing…

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