Educators check in for World Teachers’ Day
Technical issues, achievement gaps and in-person interactions are among the issues on the minds of educators around the globe…
CDC revises COVID-19 testing guidance for colleges
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Sept. 30 revised the Testing, Screening, and Outbreak Response for Institutions…
Online summit covers how to address racism in schools
Registration is open now for the free Education Week online summit “Big Ideas: What Does It Mean to Be…
Montclair State’s Korotkin continues his good deed
When a woman he knew ceased keeping tabs on the news after her husband died on 9/11, Arnold Korotkin…
AFT begins national bus tour to get out the vote
On Sept. 30, the AFT Votes bus hit the road, and it will be making stops in at least…
AFTNJ members receive Classroom Library Grants
A handful of AFTNJ members are among the 5,000 teachers recently chosen from more than 124,000 applicants nationwide to receive a…
Murphy talks confirmed COVID-19 cases, rapid tests at schools
New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy fielded a bunch of school-related questions Sept. 30 during his COVID-19 briefing. Asked if…
Latest issue of American Educator out now
The fall 2020 issue of AFT’s American Educator is available now. It contains “The Crisis of American Democracy,” a…
Murphy signs revised fiscal year 2021 budget
Gov. Phil Murphy on Sept. 29 signed New Jersey’s revised fiscal year 2021 budget, with Senate President Stephen M. Sweeney…
NYT goes inside the White House-CDC battle over reopening schools
Interviews and documents with past and present government officials reveal that the White House “spent weeks trying to press…
K-12 schools nationwide expected to receive rapid coronavirus tests from government
The federal government is expected to send 6.5 million rapid coronavirus tests this week to states based on their…
Rutgers faculty members protest layoffs, other issues
A planned protest by Rutgers University faculty members about recent layoffs morphed into a rally Sept. 26 in New…
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