On a beautiful day in mid-September, just as the first full week of the school year was ending, the Bayonne Education Association (BEA) held a member appreciation event at the…
For the last several months, NJEA members have been going door to door, supporting pro-public education candidates and reaching out to voters to encourage them to vote. There is still…
2022-23 NJ State Teacher of the Year Christine Girtain has been named one of the 43 recipients of the 2024 NEA Foundation Awards for Teaching Excellence. Girtain, a science teacher…
The NJEA affiliates of Atlantic Cape Community College, which include the Support Staff Association of ACCC, the Teacher, Librarian, and Counselor Association, the Organization of Supervisory and Administrative Personnel and…
The Guttenberg Education Association (GEA), one of NJEA’s newest affiliates, hosted a new member event and general membership meeting at GP’s Restaurant in Guttenberg. NJEA Member Benefits invited partners from…
By Kathryn Coulibaly, NJEA Communications Cumberland Regional High School language arts teacher Jessica Palys and chemistry teacher Tiffany Simons-Palmieri are making sure nothing stands between their students and the books…
By Derek G. Shendell, D.Env, MPH, Juhi Aggarwal, MPH, Allison Mulch and Jennifer Siehl. In general, in K-12 and higher education enrichment initiatives, collecting evaluation data is critical to both…
By Kate Okeson and Amy Moran, Ph. D. This year, we challenge YOU to make queer history in ways you haven’t before! Consider adding some of these affirmations of…
By Kathryn Coulibaly Last summer, Old Bridge paraprofessional and 2022 NJEA Educational Support Professional (ESP) of the Year Nancy Cogland reached out to some of her new colleagues. “We…
First-person stories of the Holocaust teach lifelong lessons By Kathryn Coulibaly In a darkened auditorium at Egg Harbor Township’s Fernwood Middle School, Jeff Zeiger stands in front of approximately 150…