Middle school Halloween fun in Frankford Twp.

By Jessica Storch, FTEA Vice-President & Grade 5 ELA Teacher, Frankford Township School Frankford Township Middle School teachers in Sussex County discovered a new way to create some fun for…

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Read more about the article Collingswood Book Festival offers educators resources statewide
Keosha Sath’s Just Like You, is the story of a mother and daughter talking about girls growing up to work in typically male-dominated fields. This photo is from the 2019 Collingswood Book Festival.

Collingswood Book Festival offers educators resources statewide

Highlights diversity in children’s literature By Wanda Swanson Diversity in children’s books is one of the best ways to foster respect from an early age. Accordingly, the 18th annual Collingswood…

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Read more about the article New Brunswick school brings holiday season to students
Jennifer Olawski, a teacher at Paul Robeson Community School For The Arts in New Brunswick, distributes presents to students through the Reason for the Season program.

New Brunswick school brings holiday season to students

By Jennifer Olawski It’s a moment you only really ever think you would see in a movie. Tears of disbelief flowing down children’s faces, screams of joy, hundreds of hugs…

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Cool Stuff

NJAGC offers art, writing and video contests for PreK-12 students Theme: Cultivating Gifted Minds The New Jersey Association for Gifted Children (NJAGC) is sponsoring art, writing and video contests around…

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Distance over distant learning

By Jami Centrella As I joined educators across the country in navigating this world of hybrid instruction and distance learning, I found myself thinking about the very thing that matters…

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Teachers in Classrooms Drinking Coffee

By Angel Boose Educators around the state honored as county teachers of the year serve as spokespersons and ambassadors for the profession. Leah Jerome, the 2019-20 Bergen County Teacher of…

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Poetry Out Loud online classes for students

Poetry Out Loud, a free national program sponsored by the National Endowment for the Arts and the Poetry Foundation, encourages high school students across the country to learn about great…

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Read more about the article Watch “PUSHOUT:  The Criminalization  of Black Girls in Schools”
Hussain and Anjanae Haqq with their family. From left: Hussain, Qawiyya, Ayana, Anjanae, Naabiah, and Aliyy.

Watch “PUSHOUT: The Criminalization of Black Girls in Schools”

By Hussain Haqq Being the parent of three intelligent, confident, strong young ladies, we have been very blessed to score on the lower end of the Adverse Childhood Experiences study…

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Know your rights in the COVID-19 era

Download the Educators’ Bill of Rights NJEA has developed an Educators’ Bill of Rights that enumerates your rights as an NJEA member and as a public school employee. The text…

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