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NJEA Pushes for a “Progressive” State Board of Ed Against the Wishes of NJ Citizens. How Does this Benefit Teachers, President Spiller?
Posted On12/20/2023 byNJEA President Sean Spiller is using the NJEA’s well-bought influence with Gov. Murphy and the Democratic legislature to try to turn the State Board of Education (SBOE) into a thoroughly “progressive” policymaker. But how does this benefit teachers? It doesn’t, which is likely why Spiller published his op-ed on a news website but not on…Read More
Jobs Data Shows NJ’s Economy Underperforms the Rest of the Nation
Posted On12/13/2023 byAll is not well with the New Jersey economy. The Wall Street Journal delved into NJ’s October 2023 employment numbers and came up with a discouraging picture. NJ’s economy underperforms the rest of the nation, plain and simple. As shown in the chart below, NJ’s unemployment rate hit 4.6%, and increase of 1.3% from a…Read More
Truth In Accounting: NJ Last in the Nation for Long-Term Financial Condition. Again.
Posted On12/06/2023 byAnother last-in-the-nation ranking for New Jersey under Gov. Murphy. Last week, we reported that New Jersey’s tax climate for businesses was dead last, and this week it’s New Jersey’s long-term financial condition that’s ranked dead last, according to Truth In Accounting’s “Financial State of the States 2023.” New Jersey has been dead last in the…Read More
More Post-Pandemic Student Misbehavior and Violence Towards Teachers. Where is the NJEA?
Posted On12/01/2023 byFighting the culture wars. Another New Jersey school district reports severe, post-pandemic disciplinary problems among its students resulting in chaotic schools and violence towards teachers. Surely this is a major concern for teachers, yet the NJEA remains silent on the issue. NJEdReport reports that teachers in Asbury Park say the middle school is “in…Read More
NJ Dead Last for Business Tax Climate for the 8th Year in a Row and Every Year of Murphy’s Governorship
Posted On11/21/2023 byWe wanted to make sure our readers saw that New Jersey once again came in 50th out of 50 states in the Tax Foundation’s “2024 State Business Tax Climate Index,” which ranks the 50 states by how friendly their tax systems are to businesses. THIS IS THE 8TH YEAR IN A ROW NEW JERSEY HAS…Read More
NorthJersey.com’s Mary Ann Koruth Still Can’t Tell It Straight on the Culture Wars, Ignores NJEA’s Spending and Influence
Posted On11/17/2023 byNorthJersey.com’s Mary Ann Koruth still can’t tell it straight when it comes to the “culture wars.” She continues to steadfastly ignore massive NJEA spending — and therefore influence — on this year’s school board races. To be fair, her recent article on the school board races accurately declared that overall the results were mixed. Both…Read More
Smoking Gun: Anti-Parent Group NJ Public Education Coalition Is a NJEA Front
Posted On11/06/2023 byWe now have direct proof: anti-parent-group New Jersey Public Education Coalition (NJPEC) is a NJEA front, and its founder, mendacious Michael “Hundreds of Millions” Gottesman is a proven liar. Too bad for the voters who won’t have this information before they vote for their school boards tomorrow. Sunlight has long had to rely on…Read More
Sunlight Op-Ed on InsiderNJ: President Spiller, Don’t Blame Educators for the Mess You Created
Posted On11/06/2023 byThanks to InsiderNJ for publishing Sunlight’s op-ed. We respect InsiderNJ for publishing both NJEA President Spiller’s op-ed and our rebuttal. That’s fair, even-handed treatment. NJEA President Sean Spiller wrote an op-ed for InsiderNJ entitled “Educators Involved in Politics? Absolutely!” Predictably, Spiller frames the issue as if the NJEA and educators are one and the same. …Read More
Once again, NorthJersey.com’s Mary Ann Koruth Can’t Tell It Straight in Her Reports on the Culture Wars
Posted On11/02/2023 byOnce again, NorthJersey.com’s Mary Ann Koruth just can’t tell it straight when it comes to the culture wars being fought in New Jersey school districts. She adopts the pro-NJEA, “progressive” side’s framing of the issue and is remarkably incurious about the NJEA’s role. In her most recent piece on the groups involved in this year’s…Read More
Gov. Murphy Tours Asia While His Tutoring Programs Fail and NJ Students Fall Further Behind
Posted On10/26/2023 byA governor who fails in his duty to educate New Jersey’s children is a failure as a governor. ALL New Jersey children, including — especially — those who are struggling the most. Like the Black and Latino kids who suffered the greatest learning loss from COVID-related school closures on Governor Murphy’s watch. But Murphy is…Read More