By Rachel Garver, Drew Gitomer, and Emily Hodge   It has almost been one year since educator preparation programs (EPPs) across New Jersey have been released from using edTPA as a state-mandated teacher performance assessment. We interviewed EPPs at the onset of this change to see what performance assessments they planned to use instead, and [...]

Stop by Booth #1102 and at the New Jersey Education Association 2024 Convention at the Atlantic City Convention Center from November 7-8, 2024 and learn more about the research the NJ Promising Practices Project is accomplishing for educators throughout the Garden State. The Promising Practices Project is an important initiative launched by the New Jersey [...]

By Jordyn Roy   Introduction New Jersey is home to one of the largest populations of students with disabilities (SWDs) in the United States. Almost one-fifth of our public school students aged 3 to 21 (18%) are served under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA). School closures and virtual classrooms necessitated by the COVID-19 [...]

By Elizabeth Cooner and Angie Nga Le   Dual enrollment programs allow high school students to take college courses, helping them explore college options and get a jump start on their postsecondary education. In New Jersey, these programs are one of the key measures in providing pathways to college and supporting the state’s vision of [...]

By Emily Hodge, Rachel Garver, & Drew Gitomer. As teacher preparation became increasingly institutionalized as a field of university-based study in the early 1900s (Lagemann, 2000), educator preparation programs (EPPs) became subject to critiques [...]