16 dispositions for success The habits of mind, a series of 16 problem-solving strategies, can assist an individual with life’s challenges. Two professors, Arthur L. Costa and Bena Kallick, have…
What all educators need to know By Lauren Zucker, PH.D. As an educator and a new mother, I struggled to envision what pumping breast milk might look like when I…
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…
In this graph, the black line shows how much public school employees in the Teachers’ Pension and Annuity Fund (TPAF) have been contributing to the fund since 1996. The gray…
On Oct. 13, the New Jersey Supreme Court heard oral arguments in Rozenblit v. Lyles, a case challenging the right of boards of education and local associations to negotiate release…
On Sept. 29, Gov. Phil Murphy signed the Fiscal Year (FY) 2021 budget for New Jersey. That budget, in the midst of the greatest economic challenge of our lifetime, protects…
By Kathryn Coulibaly In late February, the NJEA Review went to Newton High School in Sussex County to cover a story about a really cool robotics program. The students, teacher,…
Angel Santiago, an elementary school teacher at Loring Flemming Elementary School in Blackwood, Camden County, has been named the 2020-21 New Jersey State Teacher of the Year. Santiago credits his…
Becoming a leader in the global movement for human rights, civil rights, racial justice and equity NJEA has been committed to public education for over 160 years. Our collective power…
By Jeannette Ezeta and her students Middle schoolers teach one another Polish and Chinese As we all began to transition and adapt to the new remote learning experience, I realized…