Author Ellen Oh virtually visited students from Eastampton Community School on May 12 as part of the NEA’s Read Across America Sweepstakes. Oh, author of Finding Junie Kim, Dragon Egg…
NJEA members have elected state and county representatives to the NJEA Executive Committee, NJEA Delegate Assembly (and Alternates), and NEA Representative Assembly in some counties and units, as well as…
On Wednesday, Oct. 28, the 125-member NJEA PAC Operating Committee voted overwhelmingly to endorse Gov. Phil Murphy in the 2021 Democratic Primary. The committee, which met via Zoom, was acting…
By Kathryn Coulibaly Sparking a love of reading at any age is valuable, but navigating a pandemic, technology issues, economic disadvantages and a return to in-person instruction that left students…
Hamilton Township paraprofessionals fight hunger By Kathryn Coulibaly, NJEA staff For Lorraine Von Hess, hunger has no place in a child’s life. On breakfast duty three years ago, Von Hess,…
NJEA honored the 2022-23 Frederick L. Hipp grant recipients, the 2022 NJEA County Educational Support Professionals (ESPs)of the Year; Nancy Cogland, the 2022 NJEA ESP of the Year; the 2022-23…
By Francine Pfeffer and Patrick Rumaker Lisa Rizziello’s mother was in hospice, and Rizziello wanted to be with her in her final days, but she had already used her three…
Using concrete models to support children’s writing development By Kim Clancey When I was a child it seemed that the washing machine was always breaking down. In a family with…