Meet 2024 Monmouth County ESP of the Year Erika Kerwin Erika Kerwin smells success every day. As the building secretary at The Culinary Education Center, which is part of…
For parents, it is comforting to know that the safety record for school buses is remarkable. Traveling on a school bus is six times safer than the family car. In…
By Michael Lovaglio Last April, students from various Mercer County schools met to listen, read and annotate Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I’ve Been to the Mountaintop” speech on…
The West Jersey Reading Council (WJRC) is committed to the development and support of literacy initiatives. Its mission is to promote literacy in Burlington, Camden, Gloucester and Salem counties through…
The NJEA Frederick L. Hipp Foundation for Excellence in Education has partnered with Planet Green Recycle to recycle ink cartridges, reducing waste in landfills and raising funds for a worthy…
By Kathryn Coulibaly Nearly six years ago, Kittatinny High School English teacher Mary Houghtaling was teaching a world literature class to seniors, and it was a struggle. The students weren’t…
The New Jersey State Bar Foundation’s mock trial competitions, for grades 3 through high school, include Law Fair (for grades 3-6), Law Adventure (for grades 7-8), and, for grades 9-12,…
Old Farmers Road School in Long Valley fosters pride in multilingualism The need to place more focus on diversity came about organically after Jeannette Ezeta, an English as a second language…
Just because it’s summer, NJEA members don’t sit still. Throughout the late spring summer there were opportunities for members to advocate for the profession and to develop their professional and…
NJSTOY Joe Nappi wins top award from NEA Foundation The NEA Foundation and Travelers Insurance has awarded 2024 New Jersey State Teacher of the Year (NJSTOY) Joe Nappi, from Monmouth…