American Federation of Teachers New Jersey, AFL-CIO

The American Federation of Teachers New Jersey during its June 28 delegate assembly meeting voted to endorse Gov. Phil Murphy and Lt. Gov. Sheila Oliver for reelection this fall.

The AFTNJ is also endorsing Senate President Steve Sweeney (District 3) and Assembly Speaker Craig Coughlin (District 19) for reelection.

“Over the past four years, New Jersey’s legislative leadership team of Murphy, Oliver, Sweeney and Coughlin listened and respected the voices and concerns of working families and their unions,” said AFTNJ President Donna M.…

Kimberly Rues, a PreK-6 librarian in Missouri, has her summer plans in place after finishing what she describes as “the longest year of my teaching career,” she writes in a column for EdSurge.

Her agenda includes “time to tend my flowers, lunch with the girls, walks with the dog.”

Rues writes, “One thing I know beyond a shadow of a doubt: In order to support my teachers, in order to make a difference for kids, in order to bring my best self to the job and support my administration, I have to take time to recharge.”…

U.S. Secretary of Education Dr. Miguel A. Cardona recently fielded questions from two very different audiences, both wanting answers about Department of Education policies and plans.

“I come to you today with a great sense of urgency,” Dr. Cardona said in his opening comments during a June 24 virtual hearing before the House Committee on Education and Labor.…