Dr. Diane Casale-Giannola and Dr. Lauren Delisio As we enter a new school year, we should take a look at the differences between the expectations placed on teachers and students…
By Randall Solomon The climate crisis is one of the most critical threats to the planet, and its effects are especially pronounced in New Jersey. To make the transition to…
By Kathryn Coulibaly Sometimes, it’s easy to trace the origin of a great idea. In November 2019, Roosevelt Elementary School first-grade bilingual teacher Anne-Marie Riveaux McMahon saw a tweet from…
By Efrain Monterroso As a minority early-career member, I quickly noticed the unjust treatment of those entering the profession. Through previous presidential and gubernatorial administrations, ill-advised policies were put…
On Sept. 22, the Riverton Education Association (REA) hosted a ribbon cutting ceremony to kick off their new Little Free Library at Riverton Public School. The Little Free Library was…
Gene Woods, a history teacher at Bayonne High School and president of the Bayonne Education Association, received the Hank Kaplowitz Outstanding Human Rights Educator Award from Kean University’s Human Rights…
By Sundjata Sekou No one arrives at this point in time without history placing us here. An armed, dangerous, murderous, racist 18-year-old white male arriving at Tops grocery store in…
A STEM partnership through Rutgers University’s maker certification program By Danielle Puglisi Picture this: On the day before the long-awaited freedom of 2022 summer vacation, seventh grade students at Branchburg Central…
Challenges of instruction in a politicized environment By Paul J. Blass, Ed.D. I think my colleagues would agree that these past two years have been the most exceptional in our…
The teacher I needed By Michelle Poolaw, 2021-22 Burlington County Teacher of the Year We were told, as county teachers of the year, that this year would be unlike any…