Holding Power
Teaching in trying times By Amy Moran, Ph. D. and Allison Connolly The first months of the new presidential administration have yielded astonishing developments that compromise our civil society. We’ve
NJEA SOGI Committee shares LGBTQIA+ resources by age
The NJEA Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Committee has compiled age-appropriate LGBTQIA+ resources for educators.
These resources were assembled by former and current members of NJEA’s Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Committee and have not all been screened by NJEA or other members of the committee. Websites, book editions, links etc. are subject to change at any time.
NJEA Review Columns
Involved and evolving
By Amy Moran, Ph. D. with Cheryl Bell-Fortes This Women’s History Month, we honor Cheryl Bell-Fortes! Cheryl started her teaching career through alternate route certification in 2004 at Science Park
Teaching out and proud
Amy Moran, Ph. D. with Terron Singletary This February, we honor Terron Singletary. Terron is the choral music teacher at Burnet Middle School in Union, New Jersey—the same middle school
New Jersey’s public schools offer a how-to for Congress
By Amy Moran, Ph. D. with Maika Schulman Good news! Delaware elected our country’s first (known) transgender person to Congress, 34-year-old Rep. Sarah McBride (D). McBride’s platform supports expanding access
Making histories visible
by Amy Moran, Ph. D. On the line in this past election was the possibility of increased access to critical literacies versus book bans, civil rights for all versus legislation
November is Indigenous Peoples Month
By Amy Moran, Ph.D. In the schools of our childhoods, white colonial histories, norms and perspectives were reinforced at the expense—indeed, the omission—of those of Indigenous people who were already
Kate Okeson makes LGBTQIA+ history!
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
Getting your Vitamin B
By Amy Moran, Ph.D. and Kate Okeson Happy Gay Pride Month, NJEA family! It’s the last month of the school year, and we’re all thinking about activities and strategies that
LGBTQIA+ Archives
- During Pride Month, NJEA celebrates SCOTUS ruling - June 19, 2020
- What’s LGBTQ got to do with it? - June 1, 2020
- Supporting LGBTQ+ students and families in the classroom - Feb. 1, 2020
- US Supreme Court hears cases that affect LGBTQ+ rights in employment - Jan 1, 2020
- Members lead the conversation at NJEA LGBTQIA+ conference - Dec. 1, 2019
- LGBT and disability inclusion bill passes Senate and Assembly - Feb. 1, 2019
- The singular 'they' - Jan. 1, 2019
- SOGI Committee holds first miniconference on LGBTQIA+ matters - Nov. 1, 2018
- Making schools safer for transgender students - Dec. 1, 2017