One education family because we all matter By Patrick Rumaker When Judi Owens was elected secretary-treasurer of NJEA in 1973, she was the first Black statewide officer in the association’s…
The Randolph Education Association (REA) partnered with the Latino Institute, Inc. to host a conference on Feb. 11 that included parents, community leaders, and school staff at Fernbrook Elementary School.…
On Wednesday, Feb. 15, NJEA Vice President Steve Beatty attended a ribbon-cutting ceremony for a book vending machine at the Hawthorne Park Elementary School in Willingboro. The book vending machine,…
NJEA Vice President Steve Beatty and Secretary-Treasurer Petal Robertson visited High Bridge Middle School (HBMS) to read to students from the novel Fish in a Tree by Lynda Mullaly Hunt.…
By Richard Wilson “Learning Loss.” Having found its way into every conversation about schools and the pandemic, we see this buzz-phrase everywhere. We also find the list of usual suspects…
Toms River High School South welcomed 14 students and two teachers from the Wilhelm-Hauff-Realschule in Pfullingen, Germany for a two-week stay this past October. The students participated in an exchange…
By Dr. Glen Coleman I have taught social studies for 25 years. I believe that it’s not enough to know something; students must be able to use what they know to make something…
By Kevin Parker When asked to explain the NJEA’s Early Career Network (ECN), Haddonfield Education Association (HEA) and ECN member Johnathan Maxson begins with the expected: “The Early Career Network…
An interview with Adjua Lafleur By Amy Moran, Ph.D. and Kate Okeson With seven years in education, currently teaching college preparatory biology at Washington Township High School, Adjua…
New Jersey’s public schools serve a highly diverse student population. According to data from the 2020 U.S. Census, 48% of New Jersey residents identify as members of an ethnic-minority group.…