New Zoom functions fulfill educators’ requests
Zoom recently introduced a handful of features in response to feedback from educators. Virtual background and blur are now…
PEN America conducts formal count of school book bans
Responding to the recent surge in book bans in public schools, the New York-headquartered PEN America has collated an…
Executive officers, VPs elected at AFTNJ 2022 Convention
Donna M. Chiera on April 9 was reelected as AFTNJ president at the AFTNJ 2022 Convention in East Brunswick….
N.J. DOE: Absenteeism increased in 2020-21
Chronic student absenteeism — defined as when an individual misses at least 10 percent of school days — was…
Strategies for promoting student wellness
Joe Shim, a sixth-grade teacher in California, has come up with three strategies for student wellness that he says…
Weingarten visits displaced Ukrainian teachers, students in Poland
AFT President Randi Weingarten recently visited three schools in Warsaw, Poland, and met with teachers, students and parents from…
NTU’s Lagasca receives Milken Educator Award
Sarah Mae Lagasca, a Newark Teachers Union member who teaches music at the city’s Arts High School, on April…
Gender curbed chances at promotion, say 28 percent of female faculty, staff
Interviews conducted by Gallup in October 2021 with 10,000-plus active female faculty and staff members nationwide show that 28…
Amos Lee offers teachers free tickets to his concerts
Singer-songwriter Amos Lee, who years ago was a public school teacher in Philadelphia, is offering a “Tickets for Teachers”…
Developing students’ academic skills with podcasts
Podcasts are a good way for students to “develop skills from in-depth research and narrative building to technical know-how…
Marten, Ingram salute ARP’s mark on education in joint Newark visit
U.S. Deputy Secretary of Education Cindy Marten and AFT Secretary-Treasurer Fedrick Ingram visited Newark’s Oliver Street School on March…
Carr: NAEP scores likely to drop
Peggy Carr, the commissioner of the National Center for Education Statistics, is anticipating a drop in National Assessment of…
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