SPCNJ In The News
Education Intelligence Agency Cites SPCNJ’s Discovery of NJEA ED’s Departure
Posted On10/10/2019 byMike Antonucci – one of the most knowledgeable experts on teachers unions – cites SPCNJ’s discovery and points out that the NJEA’s initial cloak of silence is not unusual for NEA state affiliates. It still begs the question: why? Read the full EIA piece here.Read More
InsiderNJ Posts SPCNJ’s Scoop on NJEA ED Richardson’s Very Quiet Departure
Posted On10/07/2019 byThanks to InsiderNJ for posting SPCNJ’s discovery on its “Morning Intelligence Briefing.” Now InsiderNJ should ask the NJEA about its strange silence regarding the departure of their long-time executive director. Read the InsiderNJ post here. Read More
SPCNJ’s Scoop on Former-NJEA ED Richardson Re-posted on NJLeftBehind
Posted On10/07/2019 byThanks to our good friends at NJLeftBehind. Still no word from NJEA on the matter. Strange. Read the re-post here.Read More
NJ Left Behind Re-Posts SPCNJ’s Piece on Weber’s Flawed Research
Posted On09/23/2019 byThanks to NJ Left Behind for re-posting the piece. We hope that interested citizens and journalists are paying attention. Despite what the facts presented in SPCNJ’s piece show – that Weber’s research is indeed deeply flawed – Weber has not made any public refutation, nor has he even been asked by the media for a…Read More
Education Intelligence Agency Credits SPCNJ with Exposing New Direction New Jersey
Posted On09/19/2019 byAS ONE TEACHER UNION FRONT GROUP IS EXPOSED, ANOTHER TAKES ITS PLACE By Mike Antonucci on Sep 19, 2019 06:00 am September 19, 2019 The New Jersey media was abuzz last week upon the release of a list of contributors to New Direction New Jersey, a political advocacy group run by close advisers of Democratic Gov….Read More
SPCNJ Quoted in POLITICO’S New Jersey Playbook
Posted On09/18/2019 byThanks to POLITICO for quoting SPCNJ’s issue update on the NJEA’s $4.5 million in funding for New Direction New Jersey and the conflict of interest it presents for Governor Murphy. The “Quote of the Day” section is about five paragraphs down from the top. See POLITICO’s New Jersey Playbook here. Read More
SPCNJ’s Mike Lilley named to InsiderNJ’s “Insider 100 Policymakers 2019”
Posted On07/16/2019 byThank you, InsiderNJ, for the recognition of SPCNJ and the work we have been doing. Here’s the InsiderNJ entry for #99 Mike Lilley: “On the opposing side of the NJEA, the Princeton grad and former head of Better Education For Kids started the self-funded Sunlight Policy Center, which has released a steady stream of cited…Read More
Sunlight on NJEA Role in Tax Hikes
Posted On06/26/2019 byThe Sunlight Policy Center of New Jersey released another report today – “NJEA: Higher Taxes – Who Has Been Complaing About the Sales Tax Anyway“. Excerpts below: Thanks to the NJEA’s lobbying, state law permits collective bargaining for multiyear contracts with career salary schedules. The NJEA directs local associations to use “step and lane”salary guides,…Read More
Job Number One
Posted On06/20/2019 byBy BuryPensions: The Sunlight Policy Center released another report yesterday blasting the New Jersey Education Association (NJEA), this time for their complicity in the bankruptcy of the retirement system that included a helpful history though I disagreed on a couple of points. Unsurprisingly,the NJEA blames it all on the state: “The state’s failure to fund…Read More
Insider NJ – Sunlight Policy Center Report: How Much Does The NJEA Really Spend On Politics?
Posted On06/10/2019 bySunlight Policy Center Report: How Much Does The NJEA Really Spend On Politics? Over the last two weeks, since our launch, the Sunlight Policy Center of New Jersey (SPCNJ) has shined a strong light on two important issues related to the powerful NJEA. We showed, with each step clearly sourced, how the NJEA leadership funds…Read More