Robert Schulte named American History Teacher of the Year

The New Jersey Society, Sons of the American Revolution, awarded the 2022 Reverend John Witherspoon American History Teacher of the Year Grant to Robert N. Schulte.   “His work inspires the…

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Membership Chair Spotlight 

Cherry Hill EA teamwork keeps members engaged  By Ani McHugh, NJEA Communications Consultant  When Cherry Hill Education Association President Steve Redfearn assumed his position in 2016, he inherited a binder…

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Are you interested in running for office? 

Do you want to learn more about running for office and campaigning? Think about attending Ready to Run, offered by Rutgers’ Center for American Women and Politics. This year, Ready…

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Those who can, educate. I’m an educator. 

What’s your superpower?  Education is the one profession that creates all other professions.  In a time when some people’s misinformed opinions about who educators are and what we do seems…

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NJEA salutes the U.S. National Guard on their birthday

NJEA honors members who have served or are currently serving in the National Guard NJEA is proud to join in celebrating the United States National Guard on their 387th birthday…

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Read more about the article Rainbow Connection’s 2023 NJEA Convention Glow-Up!
Members at the SOGI Committee and others at the NJEA Convention. From left: Kate Okeson, Max Rodriguez, Kenneth Bassett, Susan Waldron, Chris Cannella (chair), Carol Watchler, NJEA President Sean M. Spiller, Katherine Beggiato, Edwinta Rhue, NJEA Secretary-Treasurer Petal Robertson, Steve Koumoulis and Sofia Capinha.

Rainbow Connection’s 2023 NJEA Convention Glow-Up!

By Kate Okeson with Amy Moran, Ph. D. This is being written in the days shortly after the General Election, where the stakes felt high for education, which was evident…

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Music down the hall

The positive impact of the arts  As a music educator, I’ve often advocated for my own programs with the understanding that music benefits the whole student. I’ve experienced firsthand how…

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Read more about the article How my love for lego became a makerspace within my school 
Second-grader Nolan Jones holds a Lego build that he designed.

How my love for lego became a makerspace within my school 

By Domenick C. Renzi Every summer when I was a youngster, I could be found outside playing sports with the neighborhood kids from sunrise to sunset. When the weather didn’t…

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Read more about the article Breaking the ‘problem child’ myth
One of Nappi’s greatest achievements at Monmouth Regional has been the creation of Monmouth Helping its Own, a charity for and by the Monmouth Regional community to help students in need.

Breaking the ‘problem child’ myth

Meet 2023-24 NJ State Teacher of the Year Joe Nappi By Kathryn Coulibaly  Joe Nappi knows what it’s like to be labeled “a problem child.” After his parents divorced when…

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