Black Lives Matter at School Week of Action is fast approaching! From February 1-5, educators, students and allies across race and place are taking action on key priorities to ensure students…
The New Jersey Studies Academic Alliance was founded to encourage the teaching of New Jersey studies and to help teachers to more efficiently and thoroughly present the study of the state to their students. In the…
While the music over the supermarket intercom coincidentally played Pat Benatar’s 1980 classic “Hit Me With Your Best Shot,” school nurses in communities surrounding the Mullica Hill ShopRite in Gloucester…
NJEA’s officers, President Marie Blistan, Vice President Sean M. Spiller and Secretary-Treasurer Steve Beatty, issued this statement on Gov. Murphy’s State of the State address this afternoon: “Gov. Phil Murphy’s…
NJEA’s officers, President Marie Blistan, Vice President Sean M. Spiller and Secretary-Treasurer Steve Beatty issued this statement this morning regarding yesterday’s violent insurrection at the United States Capitol: “The shameful…
After a dizzyingly challenging year for educators, 2021 will begin on a better note as President-elect Joe Biden’s education priorities begin to drive education policy in America. His plan is…
Since Jan. 1, 2012, all Medicare-eligible retirees enrolled in the School Employees’ Health Benefits Program (SEHBP) are automatically enrolled in the state-selected Medicare prescription plan, which is currently OptumRx. This…
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) in November announced the 2021 premiums for Medicare Part B. For most Medicare beneficiaries, premiums, deductibles and surcharges will increase. Premiums will…
The Social Security Administration recently announced that there will be a 1.3% cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) in retirees’ Social Security benefit payments beginning in January 2021. Social Security benefits are adjusted…