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NJEA Tries to Walk Back Its TV Ads and Distance Itself from “Radical” Training Sessions
Posted On08/30/2022 byNJEA spokesman Steve Baker made some notably defensive comments about the NJEA’s ad campaign to NorthJersey.com. The NJEA appears to be trying to reshape its messaging after the pushback against its TV ads. Baker now claims that the NJEA was not attacking parents who dared to speak up at school board meetings across the state: “Parents…Read More
NJEA Ads Are False: Parents Upset About Sex Ed Policies Are Not “Extremists,” They Are the Mainstream
Posted On08/26/2022 byIt turns out that a majority of public school parents distrust public schools when it comes to teaching about gender and sexuality. Contrary to this reality, a recent NJEA ad campaign calls parents who dare to speak up about such issues “extremists.” But a new poll shows that the NJEA’s “extremist” label is false. In its…Read More
NJEA Goes All-In for Fight Against Parents Who Dare to Speak Up About Their Children’s Education
Posted On08/22/2022 bySunlight has detailed how the NJEA is training teachers to become political activists to push for truly radical education policies at the school district level – such as teaching about transgenderism and what can only be described as critical race theory to 1st graders. When New Jersey parents – already fed up with prolonged school…Read More
CNBC Study: New Jersey’s Economy under Gov. Murphy Was Worst in the Nation Last Year
Posted On08/09/2022 byMoving away from the NJEA’s on-going attempts to push teachers into local political action – whether by advocating for radical education policies or running candidates for school board – Sunlight will highlight CNBC’s recent study “America’s Top States for Business.” The news for New Jersey is not good. We quote: “The biggest decline [from last…Read More
The NJEA Says Teaching is Political, Part II
Posted On08/02/2022 byIn Sunlight Policy Center of New Jersey’s recent report, “Teaching Is Political, Part I,” we revealed that the New Jersey Education Association (NJEA) is training teachers to become political activists and push for truly radical curriculums at the local school district level. In this report, we look at how the NJEA has taken its political…Read More
NJEA Executive Director Steve Swetsky Is (Very Quietly) Out After Less Than Three Years
Posted On07/27/2022 bySunlight was surprised to learn that the NJEA is seeking a new executive director. Very quietly, we would add, as the announcement is dated July 6, and in the three weeks since, no news organization has picked up this story. Here’s our take. First, we hope that Swetsky is in good health and that his…Read More
The NJEA Says Teaching is Political
Posted On07/26/2022 byIt’s what every parent wants to know these days… Who is injecting politics into our schools? Thanks to a heads-up from a friendly teacher, now we know that the NJEA is training teachers to become political activists in local school districts. Yes, you read that correctly. The NJEA – the state union that represents 125,000…Read More
NJEA Leadership Retaliates Against Sunlight After Star-Ledger’s Hard-Hitting Editorial on NJEA Leadership Pay
Posted On07/14/2022 byYesterday, the Star-Ledger published an excellent editorial “Money Still Piling Up for the NJEA Brass,” which cited Sunlight’s discovery that NJEA Executive Director Ed Richardson was paid a jaw-dropping $2.5 million in 2019. Today, we learned from a friendly teacher that the NJEA retaliated with a hit-piece on Sunlight from its Orwellian-named Center for Education Honesty….Read More
Once Again, the Star-Ledger Editorial Board Keeps NJ Citizens Informed About Millions in Pay for NJEA Leadership
Posted On07/13/2022 bySunlight tips its hat to the Star-Ledger editorial board. As Sunlight’s readers probably know, Sunlight came out with a report last week after we discovered that NJEA Executive Director Ed Richardson was paid $2.5 million in 2019. This jaw-dropping revelation elicited exactly zero coverage in the New Jersey media. Zero. Until today, when the plugged-in…Read More
New NJEA Tax Return: ELC, NJ Policy Perspective and NJ Working Families Continue to Take Lots of NJEA Money
Posted On07/01/2022 byMore from the NJEA’s 2019 tax return, this time on the NJEA’s network of allies. Sunlight’s readers know that the NJEA’s generous funding of its allies is a big part of how it wields its dominant influence over New Jersey’s political system. These allies help execute the NJEA’s agenda by giving it the appearance of…Read More