By Kathryn Coulibaly There’s nothing elementary school children like better than interacting with cute, furry farm animals, but when your tour guides are also cool, older high school students, the…
By Amy Moran, Ph. D. (she/her) Kate Okeson, my co-writer for the Rainbow Connection column, has been appointed the executive director of the new Advisory Commission on Advancing LGBTQIA+ Youth…
A garden for citizen scientists By Lisa Coster As part of Citizen Science Month this April, Reading Fleming Intermediate School (RFIS) in Flemington unveiled a pollinator garden and outdoor classroom…
Our endorsed candidate for the U.S. Senate Congressperson Andy Kim is the NJEA and NEA-endorsed candidate for the U.S. Senate. He currently represents the Third Congressional District in the U.S.…
Meet 2024 Monmouth County ESP of the Year Erika Kerwin Erika Kerwin smells success every day. As the building secretary at The Culinary Education Center, which is part of…
By Michael Lovaglio Last April, students from various Mercer County schools met to listen, read and annotate Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I’ve Been to the Mountaintop” speech on…
The West Jersey Reading Council (WJRC) is committed to the development and support of literacy initiatives. Its mission is to promote literacy in Burlington, Camden, Gloucester and Salem counties through…
The NJEA Frederick L. Hipp Foundation for Excellence in Education has partnered with Planet Green Recycle to recycle ink cartridges, reducing waste in landfills and raising funds for a worthy…
By Kathryn Coulibaly Nearly six years ago, Kittatinny High School English teacher Mary Houghtaling was teaching a world literature class to seniors, and it was a struggle. The students weren’t…
The New Jersey State Bar Foundation’s mock trial competitions, for grades 3 through high school, include Law Fair (for grades 3-6), Law Adventure (for grades 7-8), and, for grades 9-12,…