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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The NJEA REAL Movement

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…

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NJEA PAC endorses Gov. Phil Murphy in 2021 Democratic Primary

On Wednesday, Oct. 28, the 125-member NJEA PAC Operating Committee voted overwhelmingly to endorse Gov. Phil Murphy in the 2021 Democratic Primary. The committee, which met via Zoom, was acting…

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Evesham Twp. EA protects paraprofessional members’ health benefits

On Thursday, October 22, the Evesham Township Education Association (ETEA) saved their paraprofessionals' health benefits. Earlier this month, the Evesham Township School District informed the paraprofessionals that their hours were…

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Angel Santiago named 2020-21 New Jersey State Teacher of the Year

Angel Santiago, an elementary school teacher at Loring Flemming Elementary School in Blackwood, Camden County, has been named the 2020-2021 New Jersey State Teacher of the Year. Santiago grew up…

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Read more about the article Black lives matter in the past and present
Petition of Inhabitants of Chesterfield Township, Burlington County to the General Assembly, advocating the gradual abolition of slavery, Nov. 9, 1775: This petition was issued less than a week before Lord Dunmore’s Proclamation was adopted urging enslaved people to run from their pro-American Revolutionary patriots to earn freedom by joining the British military. Written by residents of largely Quaker Chesterfield, in Burlington County, the signers called for freedom to the “unborn” and those born into slavery, with males free at age of 21 and women at age 18.

Black lives matter in the past and present

By Sue Kozel NJ African American history resources for the American Revolution By Sue Kozel, NJREA, retired faculty, New Jersey universities and community colleges Author’s note:  When I first proposed…

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First in the nation two years in a row

I was so pleased and proud when Education Week once again named New Jersey’s public schools the best in the nation for the second year in a row. We have…

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