SPCNJ In The News
NJEdReport Posts Sunlight’s Blog on Red State vs. Blue State Pandemic Learning Loss
Posted On12/19/2022 byThanks to NJEdReport for posting Sunlight’s blog on Red State vs. Blue State Learning loss during the pandemic. Blue states, with their powerful and politically active teachers unions, provided about half of the in-person learning that Red States did, which meant more lost learning in Blue States. New Jersey is a Blue State with a very…Read More
NJEdReport Augments and Amplifies Sunlight’s Report on Teachers Being Forced to Fund Political Spending
Posted On11/28/2022 byOnce again, thanks to NJEdReport for augmenting and amplifying Sunlight’s research. NJEdReport always does an excellent job of picking out the best parts from and condensing our research — this time on how teachers have made clear that they want to teach, not play politics, but the NJEA leadership is forcing to them to fund political…Read More
NJEdReport Reposts Sunlight’s Blog on Hunterdon Central Teachers Speaking Out About a School-Sponsored Drag Show
Posted On11/21/2022 byThanks to NJEdReport for reposting Sunlight’s blog on the letter from Hunterdon Central teachers speaking out about a school-sponsored drag show. The teachers decried the loss of learning time, the confusion caused by double-standards and the lack of transparency. Sunlight asks if these teaches even have a voice in today’s ultra-progressive NJEA.Read More
Parsippany BOE Slate of Choffo, Raia and Ferise Cites Sunlight’s Work in TapInto Parsippany
Posted On11/07/2022 bySunlight was pleased to see that our blog on NJEA PAC’s contributions to union-friendly slates in Wayne, Sparta, Ringwood and Old Bridge was picked up by the Choffo, Raia, Ferise slate running for the Parsippany school board. The three candidates penned a piece in TapInto Parsippany that highlighted the NJEA’s ability to swoop into local…Read More
NJEdReport Amplifies Sunlight’s Blog on the Decline of NJSpotlight as an Independent News Outlet
Posted On10/20/2022 byOnce again, thanks to NJEdReport for amplifying Sunlight’s voice. Sunlight is envious of NJEdReport’s well-earned, broad following, and we appreciate their posting our work on their website. Our current blog was on the continuing decline of NJSpotlight News as an independent media organization. Its education reporting frequently aligns with the agenda of its major financial…Read More
NJEdReport Posts Sunlight’s Blog on the NJEA’s Anti-Parent Campaign and Teacher Resistance To It
Posted On10/19/2022 byThanks to NJEdReport for helping to spread the word about the NJEA’s anti-parent campaign that seeks to push teachers into local political battles whether they like it or not. And teachers appear NOT to like it.Read More
NJEdReport Posts Sunlight’s Report on the Education Truth Project, a NJEA-Funded Dark Money PAC
Posted On10/13/2022 byThanks to NJEdReport for posting Sunlight’s recent research on the Education Truth Project, a new dark money Super PAC that very much looks like it’s funded by the NJEA. The ETP augments a broader NJEA campaign to enlist teachers to fight the wave of parents running for school board this fall. Such a campaign puts teachers…Read More
Congressional Candidate Bob Healey Cites Sunlight’s Report on New NJEA Dark Money
Posted On10/11/2022 bySunlight is happy to see its research used by people running for office in New Jersey regardless of their political affiliation. In a TAPinto press release, Bob Healey called on his opponent, Rep. Andy Kim, to condemn the NJEA’s apparent creation of a dark money PAC aimed at fighting parents in school board elections. Sunlight…Read More
NJEdReport Reposts Sunlight’s Blog on Taxpayers Paying for Higher Healthcare Costs
Posted On09/27/2022 byThanks once again to NJEdReport for reposting Sunlight’s blog. The main point is that property taxpayers will be paying for almost all of the increase in teachers’ healthcare premiums thanks to a 2020 backroom deal cut by then-Sen. Sweeney and the NJEA. The ancillary point is that NJ101.5 should have done some research rather than misreporting…Read More
NJEdReport Amplifies and Augments Sunlight’s Blog on Increased Teacher Healthcare Costs
Posted On09/20/2022 byThanks (again) to NJEdReport for amplifying and augmenting Sunlight’s research. NJEdReport adds in language from NJSBA about the cost of the increases to NJ school districts and correctly identifies that it is property taxpayers and kids who will pay.Read More