Teaching out and proud

Amy Moran, Ph. D. with Terron Singletary  This February, we honor Terron Singletary. Terron is the choral music teacher at Burnet Middle School in Union, New Jersey—the same middle school…

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Read more about the article New Jersey’s public schools offer a how-to for Congress
Sarah McBride during her campaign for Congress. Photo: sarahmcbride.com

New Jersey’s public schools offer a how-to for Congress

By Amy Moran, Ph. D. with Maika Schulman  Good news! Delaware elected our country’s first (known) transgender person to Congress, 34-year-old Rep. Sarah McBride (D). McBride’s platform supports expanding access…

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Making histories visible

by Amy Moran, Ph. D. On the line in this past election was the possibility of increased access to critical literacies versus book bans, civil rights for all versus legislation…

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November is Indigenous Peoples Month

By Amy Moran, Ph.D. In the schools of our childhoods, white colonial histories, norms and perspectives were reinforced at the expense—indeed, the omission—of those of Indigenous people who were already…

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Read more about the article Kate Okeson makes LGBTQIA+ history!
Kate Okeson with her fellow honorees at the 2024 NEA Human and Civil Rights Award Dinner. Okeson received the Virginia Uribe Memorial Award for Creative Leadership in Human Rights. She is second from right.

Kate Okeson makes LGBTQIA+ history!

By Amy Moran, Ph. D. (she/her)  Kate Okeson, my co-writer for the Rainbow Connection column, has been appointed the executive director of the new Advisory Commission on Advancing LGBTQIA+ Youth…

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Safer by design

By Amy Moran, Ph. D. (she/her)  Welcome back to another wonderful school year! As we prepare our rooms and routines for success, let’s recommit to celebrating LGBTQIA+ culture all year…

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Getting your Vitamin B

By Amy Moran, Ph.D. and Kate Okeson  Happy Gay Pride Month, NJEA family! It’s the last month of the school year, and we’re all thinking about activities and strategies that…

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Poetry as queer liberation and Joy

By Amy Moran, Ph.D. and Kate Okeson  April is National Poetry Month, and I have been thinking about the role of the arts in helping us see ourselves, connecting us…

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