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

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Thanks to the Star-Ledger for running the op-ed. Here’s the full text: Should members of N.J’s most powerful public interest group hold elected office, too? Updated Apr 29, 2020; Posted Apr 29, 2020   Montclair Councilors Sean Spiller and Renee Baskerville are running for mayor in the May 12 vote-by-mail election. Spiller’s leadership position with…Read More

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Thanks to NJLeftBehind for its excellent piece commenting on SPCNJ’s recent report: “Councilman Spiller, Mayor Spiller, Governor Spiller?”  NJLeftBehind did some research and found that, as might be expected, the NJEA is financially backing its Vice President with thousands of dollars in donations.  This of course adds another layer of conflict of interest to Spiller’s…Read More

Once again, thanks to BuryPensions for spreading the word and shedding some light on the NJEA’s continuing domination of New Jersey politics – this time crushing the competition in lobbying spending. See the BuryPensions post here.Read More

Many thanks to NJ Left Behind for reading, understanding and summarizing the main points of SPCNJ’s long and detailed report on the NJEA’s vast network of allies. NJEA’s “Spider Web of Political Power”: A New Report Examines NJEA’s Ring Through Murphy’s Nose Last Friday Mike Lilley of the Sunlight Policy Center of New Jersey published…Read More