SPCNJ Press Releases and Statements
THE NJEA SAYS TEACHING IS POLITICAL.
Posted On07/26/2022 byIt’s what every parent wants to know these days… Who is injecting politics into our schools? Thanks to a heads-up from a friendly teacher, now we know that the NJEA is training teachers to become political activists in local school districts. Yes, you read that correctly. The NJEA – the state union that represents 125,000…Read More
2019 NJEA IRS 990: RETIRING NJEA EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR ED RICHARDSON WAS PAID $2.5 MILLION
Posted On07/07/2022 byNOW WE KNOW: RETIRING NJEA EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR ED RICHARDSON WAS PAID $2.5 MILLION IN 2019! The Sunlight Policy Center of New Jersey shines a light on New Jersey’s most powerful special interest and the lavish compensation of its leadership. After three years of no information on New Jersey’s most powerful special interest, the IRS finally…Read More
New Jersey’s Teacher Shortage is Nothing Less than A Crisis
Posted On06/22/2022 byNew Jersey’s Teacher Shortage is Nothing Less than A Crisis “Let’s be clear, the challenges created by the current staffing shortages are systemic and have been exacerbated by the pandemic, but they existed before it began.” – David Aberhold, Superintendent for West Windsor-Plainsboro Regional School District and President of the Garden State Coalition of Schools. Here…Read More
Lame-Duck Lawmakers Sneak One Past the New Jersey Public
Posted On05/24/2022 byWHAT THE HELL IS THE RESPONSIBLE COLLECTIVE NEGOTIATIONS ACT? FOLLOW THE MONEY! FOLLOW WHAT HAPPENS BEHIND CLOSED DOORS IN TRENTON! SUNLIGHT POLICY CENTER OF NEW JERSEY SHINES A LIGHT ON OUR 2022 LAME DUCK SESSION After each election, many interesting things happen in Trenton during a lame duck session… Sunlight Policy Center JUST found an…Read More
Before New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy Runs for President, Sunlight Policy Center of New Jersey has Some Reminders
Posted On04/11/2022 byIt’s now an open secret that Phil Murphy wants to run for president. New Jersey pollsters are even running polls about it. Politico – and then many others – have reported that Murphy’s wife and a top political aide launched two Super PACs, which are ideal vehicles for a national campaign and a traditional first…Read More
Sunlight Policy Center Releases 2021 Election Spending Analysis
Posted On12/14/2021 bySunlight Policy Center Releases 2021 Election Spending Analysis New Jersey Teachers Might Not Know This, So Feel Free to Share During Parent-Teacher Conferences FACT – Leading up to and during the 2021 elections the NJEA Spent $167 for EACH AND EVERY TEACHER to Support Murphy and Democrats While most political insiders in New Jersey immediately…Read More
Shining a Light on the NJEA’s Dark Money Trails
Posted On11/10/2021 byTHE POLL$ HAVE CLO$ED…. AND WE CAN NOW PROJECT THE REAL WINNER$ OF LAST WEEK’$ ELECTION…. Congratulation$ to Brendan Gill, Steve DiMicco and Brad Lawrence! Election Day provided many surprises and while New Jersey’s political pundits are still trying to make sense of it, one result was as clear – at least $17.4 million in…Read More
NJ’s Most Powerful Special Interest, the NJEA, Spends 93% of Its PAC Money on Democrats
Posted On10/20/2021 byNJ’s Most Powerful Special Interest, the NJEA, Spends 93% of Its PAC Money on Democrats Since Sunlight Policy Center of New Jersey began shining a light on the entrenched power of the NJEA – many teachers have shared their complaints about their executive leadership – and we get a lot of them. …New Jersey teachers…Read More
NJEA Inundated Montclair with Unprecedented Political Spending to Elect NJEA President Sean Spiller Mayor
Posted On09/20/2021 byPreviously Unreported Filings Shows $56.99 was spent for each Spiller vote versus $1.97 for His Opponent, Dr. Renee Baskerville When Sunlight Policy Center first delved into the NJEA’s support for its current president, Sean Spiller’s, mayoral run, we determined that Spiller had raised $57,000, of which $36,000 came from the NJEA and its allies. WE…Read More
EDUCATION WEEK’S RANKINGS: NEW JERSEY IS TOPS BECAUSE OF HIGH EDUCATION SPENDING THAT BENEFITS THE NJEA MORE THAN STUDENTS
Posted On03/08/2021 byWe Are #1… Because of Spending, Not Results! Let’s Shine Some Needed Sunlight on Education Week’s Annual State Rankings Each year, Education Week provides a report card assessing the quality of public education state-by-state. Last Fall, New Jersey topped Ed Week’s rankings. Whoo-Hooo! Congrats! Kudos! Right? Unfortunately, Wrong. New Jersey took the top spot from…Read More