NJEA News

• NJEA statement on Roe v. Wade decision June 24, 2022
  NJEA’s officers, President Sean M. Spiller, Vice President Steve Beatty and Secretary-Treasurer Petal Robertson, issued this statement today following the Supreme Court’s ruling that overturns Roe v. Wade: “We are The post NJEA statement on Roe v. Wade decision appeared first on New Jersey Education Association.
• March for Our Lives rallies call for real solutions to gun violence June 20, 2022
  In response to gun violence that took the lives of educators and students in Uvalde, Texas, and Black shoppers in a grocery store in Buffalo, New York, and the epidemic The post March for Our Lives rallies call for real solutions to gun violence appeared first on New Jersey Education Association.
• Celebrating the 50th Anniversary of Title IX June 20, 2022
  By Kaitlyn Dunphy, Esq. This summer marks the 50th anniversary of the enactment of Title IX, signed into law on June 23, 1972. In the past 50 years, Title IX The post Celebrating the 50th Anniversary of Title IX appeared first on New Jersey Education Association.
• EdTPA takes the humanity out of the student teaching experience  June 14, 2022
  By Efrain Monterroso  As a first-generation college graduate, I am grateful for my college experience, but it was sometimes a struggle to navigate the higher education system. Even though I The post EdTPA takes the humanity out of the student teaching experience  appeared first on New Jersey Education Association.
• Nikole Hannah-Jones to keynote NJEA Convention June 13, 2022
  Nikole Hannah-Jones, the Pulitzer Prize-winning creator of the 1619 Project and a staff writer at The New York Times Magazine, will appear at the NJEA Convention on Friday, Nov. 11. The post Nikole Hannah-Jones to keynote NJEA Convention appeared first on New Jersey Education Association.
• Announcing the NJEA Consortium June 9, 2022
  Creating connections, community, curriculum  By Lizandaa Alburg  New Jersey has a variety of representative curricula: Amistad, Holocaust, LGBTQIA+, Persons with Disabilities, and effective as of September 2022, Asian American and The post Announcing the NJEA Consortium appeared first on New Jersey Education Association.
• NJEA Higher Education Conference empowers leaders June 9, 2022
  The weekend of April 8 through 10 was focused on NJEA’s higher education members who were able to hold their first in-person conference in over two years. The weekend included The post NJEA Higher Education Conference empowers leaders appeared first on New Jersey Education Association.
• NJEA’s endorsed candidates sweep primary elections June 8, 2022
  In a victory for students and public education, all ten of NJEA’s endorsed congressional candidates won their primary elections yesterday. They will now advance to the general election on November The post NJEA’s endorsed candidates sweep primary elections appeared first on New Jersey Education Association.
• Nominate a human and civil rights advocate June 2, 2022
  Nomination forms and documentation for the NJEA Human and Civil Rights Award are due Oct. 31, 2022. Awards will be presented at the NJEA Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Human The post Nominate a human and civil rights advocate appeared first on New Jersey Education Association.
• Spiller, Murphy call for gun safety in wake of Uvalde tragedy May 25, 2022
  Somber faces and red shirts reading “Moms Demand Action” and “Everytown for Gun Safety” filled the room as NJEA President Sean M. Spiller joined Gov. Phil Murphy and legislative leaders The post Spiller, Murphy call for gun safety in wake of Uvalde tragedy appeared first on New Jersey Education Association.