Nominate a human and civil rights advocate

Nomination forms and documentation for the NJEA Human and Civil Rights Award are due Oct. 31, 2023. Awards will be presented at the NJEA Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Human…

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What should a local leader say during a national crisis?

Reflections of a local president on Jan. 6 On the afternoon of Jan. 6, I was in a meeting when my cellphone started exploding with texts and emails from colleagues…

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Freestyle Fridays

Our pandemic response by Ikechukwu Onyema The axiom that even the most challenging crisis can provide opportunity captures the spirit of my conversation with Gabriel Tanglao as we conceived Freestyle…

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Community cultural wealth Asset-based thinking in education

When you think of impoverished communities, wealth is not a term that readily comes to mind. Overpopulation, struggle, violence, and lack of resources are just a few words that rise…

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Power literacy for educators

Talk it and walk it by Fatimah Hayes As a social studies teacher for 19 years in the Pennsauken Public School District and as former president of the Pennsauken Education…

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Dear white educators,

In 1954, U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice Earl Warren delivered the unanimous ruling against the “separate but equal” mandate and demanded desegregation of schools. It’s been 66 years since that…

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Dear Black, Indigenous People of Color (BIPOC) educators,

It is with love that I present this letter. We are connected within a profession we pledge to commit our lives to for the children we serve. That’s a kind…

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