NJLeftBehind nails it.  In a timely piece today, Laura Waters makes the connection between the NJEA going 7-for-7 on Gov. Murphy’s budget and recently signed legislation and a $1.25 million TV campaign by New Direction New Jersey, the Super PAC that is 70%-funded by the NJEA.  There’s a whole lot of back-scratching going on between…Read More

Thanks to NJLeftBehind for re-posting Sunlight Policy’s blog on the NJEA and its public-sector union allies going eight-for-eight in policy wins in Governor Murphy’s recent governance of the state.  The picture used by NJLeftBehind is indeed worth a thousand words and says it all: even during a pandemic, New Jersey is a state run by…Read More

Thank, NJLB!  Repost is here.Read More

Once again, thanks to NJ Left Behind.  Repost is here.Read More

Thanks to NJLeftBehind for quoting, amplifying and adding to SPCNJ’s latest report: “Who and What is Nj21United?”  As always, NJLeftBehind adds context and a deep knowledge of New Jersey’s public education system to the discussion.Read More

Thanks to NJleftBehind for excerpting and posting SPCNJ’s newest report: “New Jersey Teachers’ Dues: Why Are They the Highest in the Nation and What Are They Paying For?“Read More

Thanks to BuryPensions for highlighting SPCNJ’s newest report, “New Jersey Teachers’ Dues: Why Are They the Highest in the Nation and What Are They Paying For?“Read More

NJLeftBehind once again does fine work challenging Mark Weber, PhD.’s research, this time on why today’s young adults are not choosing to enter teaching.  Weber refers back to his own shoddy research on a supposed teacher pay-gap where he cherry-picks facts, cites irrelevant data and makes insupportable assumptions.  As SPCNJ said at the time, there…Read More

Thanks to InsiderNJ for publishing SPCNJ’s op-ed: Op-ED: Setting the Facts Straight on NJEA VP Spiller’s Run for Montclair Mayor By Guest Contributor | May 7, 2020, 1:17 pm | in Columnist By Mike Lilley Mike Lilley is the founder and president of the Sunlight Policy Center of New Jersey, a nonprofit advocacy organization focused…Read More

Here is the Montclair Local article reprinted in full: WATCHDOG THINK TANK TARGETS SPILLER Candidate accuses ‘right-wing’ organization of trying to buy election May 7, 2020 BY JAIMIE JULIA WINTERS winters@montclairlocal.news A watchdog group has issued a seven-page report [“Councilman Spiller, Mayor Spiller, Governor Spiller?“] with claims that mayoral candidate Sean Spiller’s position as a…Read More