NJEA members push pro-education candidates to victory

Yesterday was the last day of voting in the longest, strangest and most consequential election we have ever seen. While a record number of Americans voted, tens of millions of…

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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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Habits of mind for teachers

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…

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Pumping at Work

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…

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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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Who’s funding the pension system?

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…

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Read more about the article Gov. Murphy signs FY 2021 state budget
Gov. Phil Murphy signs the FY 2021 budget at the Trenton War Memorial on Sept. 29. (Edwin J. Torres/Governor’s Office).

Gov. Murphy signs FY 2021 state budget

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…

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Read more about the article Newton FIRST varsity robotics program embraces change
The Newton FIRST Varsity Robotics Team FRC#3142 Aperture, which began 11 years ago, competes in Infinite Recharge.

Newton FIRST varsity robotics program embraces change

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,…

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Read more about the article Angel Santiago named NJ Teacher of the Year
On the day that Gloucester Township teacher Angel Santiago was named New Jersey State Teacher of the Year, the staff at Loring Flemming Elementary School, district administration, local dignitaries and NJEA officers held a surprise celebration in his honor. See Page 14 for more about Santiago.

Angel Santiago named NJ Teacher of the Year

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…

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