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As Jersey City Rallies Against Teacher Who Called George Floyd a ‘F–King Criminal,’ NJEA Lawyers Will Fight to Protect His Job

Staff Writer May 7, 2021

In the wake of a racial tirade by a Jersey City teacher, parents and students will hold a rally on Monday in front of the

Jersey City Teacher to Four Black Students: ‘George Floyd Was a F–King Criminal’

Staff Writer May 4, 2021

“I hear people whining and crying about Black Lives Matter, but George Floyd was a f—ing criminal and he got arrested and he got killed

Hoboken Public Charter School Launches First-Ever International Social Justice Club to Dismantle Racism

Staff Writer April 22, 2021

Hoboken Dual Language Charter School – a public charter school with a unique model that teaches a robust academic curriculum in both Spanish and English

Lakewood Schools’ Lawyer Responds to Asbury Park Press’s Racist Photo Caption

Staff Writer March 22, 2021

Update: The NJ Globe just reported that Asbury Park Press has fired Gustavo Martínez-Contreras, who wrote the caption to the photo. In an editor’s note

Lakewood Children Dress in Blackface During Purim; School District Responds

Staff Writer March 1, 2021

On Friday in Lakewood, a group of ultra-Orthodox children celebrating the Jewish holiday of Purim dressed in blackface. Fred Rush, local president of the NAACP,

New Program Helps Jewish Students and Newark Students Find Common Ground

Staff Writer February 3, 2021

I have a kid who’s in a school in an upper middle class neighborhood, and (it’s) mostly white kids. And we live only 10 miles

NJ Student’s Letter to New Ed Commissioner: My Teacher Helps Me Gather the Courage to Speak in a Space That Prefers My Silence.

Guest Contributor November 23, 2020

This letter first appeared in The 74. Dear Dr. Angelica Allen-McMillan, Commissioner of the New Jersey Department of Education, I had my first Asian teacher

West Windsor-Plainsboro Parents Say Racist Videos Represent How Their Kids Are Treated Every Day

Laura Waters May 26, 2020

Five years ago the West Windsor-Plainsboro School District made the New York Times for a rift between white and Asian-American parents after Superintendent David Aderhold

Is Newark Superintendent Leon Taking His Cues From Teacher Union President Who Approves of Blackface and Demeans Students on Facebook?

Laura Waters February 10, 2020

Last Tuesday a group of players on the junior varsity basketball team at Newark’s Malcolm Shabazz High School instigated a “violent attack” on their coach,

Voices from the NJ Parent Summit: “As the Only Black Person in My Class, I Lost a Sense of Self.”

Laura Waters August 16, 2018

This is a love story. Twelve years ago, Shiana Torres was a student at Essex County Community College. She had grown up in Summit, a

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