New Jersey

Mentorship Helps Educators Find Their Path and Purpose

Educator mentorship can provide career development opportunities as well as emotional benefits like friendship and connection for teachers and school leaders.

Jessica Fregni

Writer-Editor, One Day

Affordable Housing Can Make Teaching a More Sustainable Career

Organizations that provide affordable housing options to educators in cities like Newark and Baltimore are helping to improve teacher retention.  

Stephanie García

Writer-Editor

To Promote Student Achievement, a NYC School Will Pay Teachers $140K

With a mission to ensure teacher quality, a New York City public charter school is going to pay teachers more than double the national average salary.  

Kelly Pratt

Copy Chief, One Day

Season 2, Episode 4: Healed Teachers Heal Students

Host Jonathan Santos Silva speaks with Dr. Wenimo Okoya, Founder of Healing Schools Project. The non-profit works to prevent burnout by addressing toxic work cultures that steer BIPOC teachers out of the classroom. Healing Schools Project believes that when interventions are built around those furthest away from systemic privilege, all benefit.

Hosted by Jonathan Santos Silva

Meet the Alumni Leading Education in Their States

Meet the five Teach For America alumni currently serving as the foremost education leaders in their state.

The TFA Editorial Team

A Micro Look into the Macro World of Economics

It’s about more than just numbers. From criminal justice reform and insurance markets, to city government—these alums are putting to use their backgrounds in economics.

Paula Ann Solis

Searching For A Third Way to Measure Success

Parents, principals, and (ex) district leaders are calling out to evolve how we measure student and school progress beyond math and reading scores.

Ting Yu

Saskia Kahn

Leading a Movement to Shut Down Youth Prisons in New Jersey

Critics say New Jersey’s youth prisons are wildly expensive and a relic of the past.

Susan Brenna

Changing the Newark Narrative

An alumni-led nonprofit, the South Ward Children’s Alliance, is the recipient of a U.S. Department of Education Promise Neighborhood $30 million grant.

Theresa Mooney