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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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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