By Elisabeth Yucis Recently, I reread Brené Brown’s 2017 book Braving the Wilderness: The Quest for True Belonging and The Courage to Stand Alone. Viewed through a 2022 lens, Brown’s…
Empower your students to be climate learners and leaders with the New Jersey Student Climate Challenge. Challenge your students to complete a school or community project that addresses the causes…
Keeping speech and language services alive during the COVID-19 pandemic by Tiffany Smolansky and Kathleen De Gregorio The Jersey City Public Schools speech-language pathologists (SLPs) were faced with a dilemma…
By Jennifer Russ What is neurodiversity? As teachers, we know that a diverse community is a strong community. We take time to celebrate our students’ varied cultures, languages and…
Meet 2022-23 NJ State Teacher of the Year Christine Girtain By Kathryn Coulibaly Christine Girtain appears to be in constant motion. She races down the halls at Toms River High School…
The New Jersey State Bar Foundation (NJSBF) offers more than 30 publications to educators and the public. The fall 2022 edition of The Legal Eagle is now available. The issue contains articles on…
The Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC) and NJEA invite all students to take a Time Out and celebrate Black culture and history while reading with great college basketball athletes and…
NJEA held its first Members of Color Empowerment Conference on Sept. 16-17 at the Hyatt Regency in New Brunswick, and by all accounts it was a huge success. The member-planned…
On May 27, the Jersey City Para-Professionals Association (JCPPA) honored the 2021-22 Para-Professionals of the Year in each of the school district’s building. Under the leadership of JCPPA President Keith…
By Amanda Adams It's natural for educators to spend a lot of time thinking about how to create the most impactful learning environments for our students. Many of us are…