The learning continues

Have you checked out learning.njea.org? NJEA has long worked to meet the challenges of the times to make sure that association members have the resources they need to do their…

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Back to the basics

Students just want you to care By Karalyn Olsen, Stockton University, Publications Chair of NJEA Preservice ince March of 2020, we have gradually adjusted to this new normal. While the…

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Healing-centered schools

By Amanda Adams Imagine pulling into a school parking lot and seeing a garden full of flowers, fruit and vegetables, a spacious playground and well-paved walkways to several building entrances.…

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Sussex to Cape May

Professional development at learning.njea.org The NJEA Professional Development and Instructional Issues Division has developed guidance on a number of issues and has recorded a series of webinars addressing a wide…

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Read more about the article Ruby Bridges headlines NJEA Convention
NJEA President Marie Blistan, NJEA Vice President Sean M. Spiller, and NJEA Secretary-Treasurer Steve Beatty sat down with Ruby Bridges across a virtual meeting space at the NJEA Convention to discuss her life’s work to end racism and prejudice.

Ruby Bridges headlines NJEA Convention

Civil rights pioneer still working to integrate schools By Patrick Rumaker On Nov. 14, 1960, six-year-old Ruby Bridges crossed the threshold of William Frantz Elementary School and single-handedly initiated the…

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Shakespeare needs to stay in schools

By Sachel S. Bise William Shakespeare is regarded as one of the greatest playwrights in the history of British literature. The author of 37 plays, 154 sonnets and five poems,…

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Successful Remote Learning and Counseling is Possible!

By Maurice J. Elias, Ph.D., Rutgers Social-Emotional and Character Development Lab Remote learning and counseling: the term sounds contradictory. Counseling and learning should be up close and personal, not distant.…

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Read more about the article Growing future scientists in Branchburg
Sixth-grade students, Pari M. (left) and Lavanya S. prepare to test their genetics with PTC paper for bitter taste.

Growing future scientists in Branchburg

By Kathryn Coulibaly On a brisk February day, Branchburg Central Middle School was buzzing. Actual scientists and engineers from the nearby Johnson & Johnson campus were visiting to give sixth…

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