Teaching in trying times By Amy Moran, Ph. D. and Allison Connolly The first months of the new presidential administration have yielded astonishing developments that compromise our civil society. We’ve…
By Amy Moran, Ph. D. with Cheryl Bell-Fortes This Women’s History Month, we honor Cheryl Bell-Fortes! Cheryl started her teaching career through alternate route certification in 2004 at Science Park…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
By Amy Moran, Ph.D. and Kate Okeson With May being Mental Health Awareness month, let’s acknowledge that educators are charged with juggling it all: designing lessons that engage and expand,…
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…