New Jersey Education Association

Yesterday, the School Employees’ Health Benefits Commission refused to pass a rate hike that would increase health benefit premiums by up to 39 percent in some school districts. NJEA members, led by NJEA’s elected officers, played a crucial role in delaying a vote on that increase from taking effect by testifying before the Commission about the need for more proactive work to...

Union County educator Dr. Jenel Anderson from the Rahway School District was awarded a $1,416 grant entitled The Builder’s Club: Building Businesses, Shaping Futures. This is an entrepreneurship enrichment program for middle school students in grades 7-8 at Rahway Academy, a Title I school. The project provides mo...

Sussex County educator Mary Houghtaling from the Kittatinny Regional School District was awarded a $6,513 continuation grant entitled Expand and Sustain the Holocaust and Genocide Research Center II. This project expands and strengthens the initial program by building on a successful first-year infrastructure ...

Sussex County educator Christopher Cook with Jessica Bishel from Vernon Township School District were awarded a $5,628 grant entitled Building Curiosity of STEAM Education Through Coding. Thisis a primary-grade STEAM initiative at Cedar Mountain Primary School serving approximately 410 kindergarten and fi...

Somerset County Jennifer Caprari, Secretary of Operations with Michael Reynolds, Buildings & Grounds Maintenance Staff from Watchung Hills Regional High School District were awarded a $10,000 grant entitled The Courtyard Garden: A Four-Season Greenhouse Initiative. This project establishes a ...