Panel discussion video on NJDOE’s guidance On Oct. 20, NJEA hosted a panel discussion on educator evaluation in 2020. Panelists included Dr. Peter Mazzagatti of the New Jersey Department of…
Insider NJ named NJEA President Marie Blistan to its annual Insider 100: Power list. Ranked the 7th most powerful advocate in New Jersey, the publication noted Blistan's leadership throughout the…
Earlier today, Gov. Phil Murphy and six other Northeast governors released a statement minimizing the risk associated with in-person instruction in this time of rapidly rising COVID cases in the…
NJEA’s officers, President Marie Blistan, Vice President Sean M. Spiller and Secretary-Treasurer Steve Beatty today congratulated President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris on their decisive election victory: “Today…
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…
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…
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…