Retire from your position, not your profession

The New Jersey Retirees’ Education Association (NJREA) is one of our nation’s largest and most effective organizations of retired educators, education support professionals, and community college staff and professors. It’s…

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Read more about the article The Bechdel-Wallace Test
Used with permission of the artist.

The Bechdel-Wallace Test

NJ’s LGBT inclusion mandate, and your school curricula  By Amy Moran, Ph.D. and Kate Okeson  Who’s writing curricula this summer?  As local school districts begin to identify which grade levels,…

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The endless war

By Keith Massey I was an Arabic linguist at the National Security Agency (NSA) before I became a Latin teacher at a public high school in New Jersey. I have…

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Read more about the article Honoring our veterans
Part of the wall that honors active duty alumni of Pascack Valley High School.

Honoring our veterans

Recognizing service members at Pascack Valley Regional High School by Kathryn Coulibaly As the 2019-20 Bergen County Teacher of the Year, Leah Jerome, a history teacher at Pascack Valley High…

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Student teaching  in a pandemic  

Two perspectives  By Dionna Gonnella and Kimberly Cote Student teacher Dionna Gonnella It's hard to even put into words or explain what went on during my student teaching experience while we…

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Read more about the article Evolution of a teacher
Roselle Park High School teacher Dennis Dagounis observes as students make their own discoveries in the science lab.

Evolution of a teacher

How I was transformed from an effective educator to a student-centered and transformational educator by Dennis Dagounis  For the past 21 years, I have been teaching high school science, from…

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Read more about the article What do superheroes like to read?
The 2018 Phillipsburg Comic Con brought artists, creators and students together in the love of storytelling.

What do superheroes like to read?

By  Kathryn  Coulibaly If any high school in New Jersey looks like the lair of superheroes, it’s Phillipsburg High School. Perched on a hill high above the Delaware River, it…

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Playing fair

LGBTQIA+ issues in youth sports By Amy Moran, Ph.D. and Kate Okeson  Kate began writing this article after yet another news cycle highlighted efforts in several states to advance anti-LGBT…

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NEA RA delegates head to Chicago

Some delegates will participate remotely Nearly 7,000 delegates attend the National Education Association Representative Assembly (NEA RA). The delegates are charged with setting policy for the 3 million member organization.…

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