A lifetime of giving By Kathryn Coulibaly As NJEA President Marie Blistan likes to say, educational support professionals, also known as ESPs, should really be known as essential school professionals…
By Bill Cole Note: A condensed version of this story appeared in the Star-Ledger/nj.com on Nov. 8. You may view it here. I had a little bird, Its name was…
Waives exit testing grad requirement On Jan. 11, Gov. Phil Murphy issued Executive Order 214, which waives the exit testing requirement for current 12th graders and removes student growth objectives…
The final session of the first class of candidates in the NJEA Teacher Leader Academy (TLA) met on Dec. 19. Successful completion of the yearlong program, which concludes with an…
On Dec. 21, then President-elect Joe Biden said that he had selected Connecticut Commissioner of Education Miguel Cardona as his pick to lead the U.S. Department of Education. Cardona began…
The NJEA Delegate Assembly (DA), the association’s policy-making body, voted at its Nov. 7, 2020, and Jan. 9, 2021, meetings to accept recommendations made by the NJEA Constitution Review Committee…
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Note: On Jan. 11, Gov. Phil Murphy issued Executive Order 214, which removes student growth objectives (SGOs) as a factor in teacher evaluation for the 2020-21 school year. See Page…
NJEA has created the Office of Human and Civil Rights, Equity and Governance and has promoted Gary Melton to be its first manager. The creation of the new office highlights…
Our pandemic response by Ikechukwu Onyema The axiom that even the most challenging crisis can provide opportunity captures the spirit of my conversation with Gabriel Tanglao as we conceived Freestyle…