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We all agree that our nation’s future depends on the quality of the education that our children receive today. While we all appreciate the importance of a great public education system, many people don’t understand how public policy decisions made by state and federal lawmakers can affect our education system –both positively and negatively. Parent Connections will serve as a resource to parents s

o that they can be better informed on educational policy debates such as school funding, testing, school choice and others. In addition, school governance is a subject that is rarely discussed but is of equal importance. Parent Connections will serve as a resource explaining "who does what" in public education.

One of the advances that is drastically changing education and all of society is AI (Artificial Intelligence). I know I ...
07/15/2024

One of the advances that is drastically changing education and all of society is AI (Artificial Intelligence). I know I am sometimes uneasy about how fast it is advancing. In this podcast later today at 1:30PM I will have a podcast about how it can be used in education. My guest is Dr. Peter Hughes the superintendent of the Cresskill School District. You can watch it on Facebook or YouTube. You can even send me some questions.

AI or artificial intelligence is all around us – and it is not a matter of whether we should use it in our schools but how do we use it? In this “Education M...

One of the most prestigious awards for educators is the New Jersey State Teacher of the Year. This year the winner was ...
01/05/2022

One of the most prestigious awards for educators is the New Jersey State Teacher of the Year. This year the winner was Theresa Maughan from the East Orange School District. Ms. Maughan spent a few minutes with NJSBA's Ray Pinney to discuss her story and views on teaching.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5AADOKp3Bxw

Theresa Maughan, a high school social studies teacher at the East Orange STEM Academy in the East Orange School District and the 2021-2022 New Jersey State T...

Many districts see a benefit to late start times for our high schools but making the change is not always easy. In this...
12/08/2021

Many districts see a benefit to late start times for our high schools but making the change is not always easy. In this interview with NJSBA's Ray Pinney, Dr. Christine Burton the superintendent of the Millburn School District discusses how her district navigated some of the obstacles.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CUqpACfSzQM&t=3s

Dr. Christine Burton, superintendent of Millburn Township Public Schools, speaks with Ray Pinney, director of county activities and member engagement at the ...

Meet the New Jersey 2021-22 School Board Member of the Year. She is a school board member in the Chester Township School...
11/30/2021

Meet the New Jersey 2021-22 School Board Member of the Year. She is a school board member in the Chester Township School District in Morris County.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qyj679-MrjI&t=20s

Kerri Wright, the New Jersey School Boards Association's 2021-2022 Board Member of the Year, has an interesting background in that she is also a school board...

What was it like for Eight Graders this pass year to go to school during the pandemic? In a series of interviews in 12 d...
05/25/2021

What was it like for Eight Graders this pass year to go to school during the pandemic? In a series of interviews in 12 different counties we find out. These students are one group from Atlantic County.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s3dbMJWZgRk&t=14s

For years, county school boards associations have held what they called “Eighth-Grade Dialogues” in which they had students from local middle schools discuss...

March is Women's History Month and in honor of that NJSBA wanted to look at some female educational leaders. They focus...
03/24/2021

March is Women's History Month and in honor of that NJSBA wanted to look at some female educational leaders. They focused by looking at one district, Mendham Borough in Morris County whose leadership team is comprised mostly of women. Enjoy this interview.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LAgAEESV740

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LAgAEESV740

While women comprise more than 70% of New Jersey’s education workforce, the number of women in leadership positions is below that figure. In one Morris Count...

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