N.J. Educator evaluation task force submits extensive report
The New Jersey Educator Evaluation Review Task Force on Sept. 30 submitted its report to Gov. Phil Murphy and…
AFTNJ PreK-12 leaders have first meeting with Dehmer
On March 18, AFTNJ PreK-12 leaders representing the Newark, Garfield, North Bergen and Perth Amboy school districts participated in…
Arbitrator rules in favor of NTU in COVID quarantine grievance
The Newark Teachers Union (Local 481) scored a major victory Nov. 23 when arbitrator Robert C. Gifford ruled that Newark…
Starting salary for Newark teachers raised to $62K
The Newark Board of Education and the Newark Teachers Union recently agreed to raise the district’s starting salary for new…
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…
Weingarten visits Newark, awards AFT stipends to students in teacher academy
AFT President Randi Weingarten visited Newark’s East Side High School on Feb. 14 to deliver news that the union…
NTU’s Moore retires; AFTNJ seeks his PreK-12 VP replacement
Newark Teachers Union member Jerry Moore has retired from the Newark public school district, and he has also stepped…
NTU’s Cepeda to be featured on webinar panel about student mental health
Mily Cepeda, a bilingual special education teacher at Newark’s Louise A. Spencer School, will be among the panelists during…
Newark teacher Cepeda relies on visuals in her bilingual special education classes
Bilingual special education teacher Mily Cepeda, who was born and raised in Newark, was hired in fall 2019 by…
Weingarten visits Newark’s First Avenue School
AFT President Randi Weingarten on May 24 visited the First Avenue School in Newark to thank its educators and…
Abeigon to Sunlight: Newark public schools are open, unlike N.J.’s corporate charters
A recently posted billboard calling out the Newark Teachers Union has not gone unnoticed by Local 481 President John…
NTU’s Farley is thankful for student’s kind words in Teacher Appreciation Week story
He’s been a teacher in the Newark public school system for 27 years, and for 17 of them, he’s…
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