NJEA Vice President Steve Beatty and Secretary-Treasurer Petal Robertson visited High Bridge Middle School (HBMS) to read to students from the novel Fish in a Tree by Lynda Mullaly Hunt.…
By Richard Wilson “Learning Loss.” Having found its way into every conversation about schools and the pandemic, we see this buzz-phrase everywhere. We also find the list of usual suspects…
Toms River High School South welcomed 14 students and two teachers from the Wilhelm-Hauff-Realschule in Pfullingen, Germany for a two-week stay this past October. The students participated in an exchange…
By Dr. Glen Coleman I have taught social studies for 25 years. I believe that it’s not enough to know something; students must be able to use what they know to make something…
By Kevin Parker When asked to explain the NJEA’s Early Career Network (ECN), Haddonfield Education Association (HEA) and ECN member Johnathan Maxson begins with the expected: “The Early Career Network…
An interview with Adjua Lafleur By Amy Moran, Ph.D. and Kate Okeson With seven years in education, currently teaching college preparatory biology at Washington Township High School, Adjua…
New Jersey’s public schools serve a highly diverse student population. According to data from the 2020 U.S. Census, 48% of New Jersey residents identify as members of an ethnic-minority group.…
Meet Cumberland County ESP of the Year Damita White-Morris For Damita White-Morris, the 2022 Cumberland County ESP of the Year, life had other plans for her when she was planning…
SEL Day is March 10 By Jennifer Ly and Maurice J. Elias March 10, 2023, is International SEL Day, an annual celebration that promotes social-emotional and character development in…
By Kathryn Coulibaly Waretown’s public schools needed help. They were confronted with laying off eight teachers and class sizes expanding to 30 students. Without an increase in taxes, they…