Read more about the article Empower students to keep their peers safe 
Lenape High School safe driver photo campaign.

Empower students to keep their peers safe 

Help students create peer-to-peer campaigns to prevent brain injuries Get ready to be part of something extraordinary! The Brain Injury Alliance of New Jersey’s (BIANJ) Champion Schools Program is celebrating…

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Read more about the article NJEA Preservice leads the way at NEA Aspiring Educators Conference
Christine Sampson-Clark (r), an NEA Executive Committee member and Trenton teacher, greets NJEA Preservice President Bianca Nicolescu and NJEA Preservice Vice President Matthew Yuro at the Aspiring Educators Conference.

NJEA Preservice leads the way at NEA Aspiring Educators Conference

Preservice veep wins national office  NJEA Preservice President Bianca Nicolescu and NJEA Preservice Vice President Matthew Yuro attended the 2024 NEA Aspiring Educators Conference in Philadelphia from June 29 to…

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Read more about the article Northern Highlands Regional High School fundraises to provide resources for Burkina Faso
TEEEM Club students at Northern Highlands Regional High School during a 5K fundraising walk as they carry water containers in November 2022. With them is Georgie Badiel, author of The Water Princess.

Northern Highlands Regional High School fundraises to provide resources for Burkina Faso

Northern Highlands Regional High School’s TEEEM Club, which stands for The Empathy, Equality, Entrepreneurship Mission (TEEEM), has been working hard to fundraise to provide essential resources to communities in Burkina…

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Rediscover your point at ¡The Point!

Mini-workshops with instruments, flash choirs, movement, songwriting exercises, and an in-depth workshop—all at the NJEA Convention Learn more By Todd Henkin Todd Henkin is a professional musician, project manager, researcher…

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Professional Learning Opportunities from ArtsEdNJ 

Culturally Responsive Arts Education Workout  The Culturally Responsive Arts Education (CRAE) Workout is an eight-week curated asynchronous and synchronous experience that focuses on developing the capacity of educators and administrators…

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Read more about the article Barnyard days
Phillipsburg High School Future Farmers of America (FFA) hosts more than 1,200 students over two days for the annual Barnyard Days.

Barnyard days

By Kathryn Coulibaly  There’s nothing elementary school children like better than interacting with cute, furry farm animals, but when your tour guides are also cool, older high school students, the…

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Read more about the article Kate Okeson makes LGBTQIA+ history!
Kate Okeson with her fellow honorees at the 2024 NEA Human and Civil Rights Award Dinner. Okeson received the Virginia Uribe Memorial Award for Creative Leadership in Human Rights. She is second from right.

Kate Okeson makes LGBTQIA+ history!

By Amy Moran, Ph. D. (she/her)  Kate Okeson, my co-writer for the Rainbow Connection column, has been appointed the executive director of the new Advisory Commission on Advancing LGBTQIA+ Youth…

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Read more about the article Hipp Foundation Grant Spotlight
Students, parents and teachers plant hundreds of native plant plugs from Xerces Society in spring 2023.

Hipp Foundation Grant Spotlight

A garden for citizen scientists  By Lisa Coster  As part of Citizen Science Month this April, Reading Fleming Intermediate School (RFIS) in Flemington unveiled a pollinator garden and outdoor classroom…

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