Time is running out to submit nominations for the 2024-2025 School Board Member of the Year. Don’t miss this opportunity to acknowledge the passion and dedication of a school board member that you know is doing outstanding work as a...
Time is running out to submit nominations for the 2024 School Leader Awards. Don’t miss this opportunity to acknowledge the excellent work being done in your school to enhance the achievement of all students in your district. Each year, the School Leader...
The New Jersey Department of Education, in collaboration with the Social-Emotional and Character Development Lab at Rutgers University, is in the process of developing a statewide training series for school leaders on implementing systemic SEL in schools. This asynchronous SEL leadership...
The New Jersey School Boards Association’s annual Workshop conference will be held from Monday, Oct. 21 to Thursday, Oct. 25 at the Atlantic City Convention Center. This four-day experience is the largest training conference for school officials in the Garden State. Workshop...
Gov. Phil Murphy recently announced the signing of Executive Order No. 361, which establishes the Advisory Commission on Advancing LGBTQIA+ Youth Equity and Inclusion in Schools. The commission will build on the administration’s efforts to support LGBTQIA+ youth and ensure New Jersey...
Four programs were honored as Innovations in Special Education award winners at the New Jersey State Special Education Advisory Council’s meeting on June 13 at the New Jersey Department of Education’s building at the Riverview Plaza in Trenton. Several representatives...
The Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division and the Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights recently announced the release of a webinar setting out ways for school districts across the country to increase accessibility for students and teachers with disabilities in their...
The application for seeking reimbursement for providing Additional or Compensatory Special Education and Related Services for students with disabilities who were 21 as of July 1, 2023, is available on the New Jersey Department of Education’s Homeroom webpage, according to an NJDOE advisory....
The New Jersey Department of Education has developed and published two databases related to incidents involving violence, vandalism, harassment, intimidation, or bullying in public schools, according to an advisory. As mandated by N.J.S.A. 18A:17-46, all school employees are required to report incidents of violence, vandalism,...