Show #6
Initial Air Dates:
November 24 at 6:30 pm
November 29 at 7 am

Poetry Festival - Crowds pack into schools for sports events, but imagine a large audience in an urban city listening to poetry. Sally Hughes, a published poet and school secretary at George Washington Elementary, decided four years ago that students in Elizabeth have the talent and the desire to compete in a poetry festival. The fourth annual poetry festival was made possible through a Pride Grant from the Elizabeth Education Association.

Tolerance - Memorial Jr. High School students in Willingboro learn about tolerance by exploring a novel called Romiette and Julio, which is about an interracial couple. The students also created mural paintings and mosaic portraits of peace advocates like mother Teresa, Martin Luther King, Jr, Gandhi and Ryan White. The program is funded through a grant from the NJEA Frederick L. Hipp Foundation for Excellence in Education.

The Academy Project - Have you ever seen an urban school that provides a washer and dryer free of charge to parents while they visit the school? This is one way the Academy Project at Lincoln Annex in New Brunswick encourages parental involvement. This model school initiated by NJEA in partnership with the local education association and the board of education is designed to be a national pilot program to improve student academic achievement.

Great Public Schools - Research by the New Jersey Education Association reveals that parental involvement, small class sizes and highly trained teachers is critical for student success. Discover how concepts tested at the Model School in New Brunswick could work for every school in New Jersey.