Thanks 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

Once 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

Thanks 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

Sunlight 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

Once 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

Thanks 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

Thanks 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

Sunlight 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

Thanks 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

Thanks (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