NJEdReport Posts Sunlight’s Blog on More Biased Research from Weber, Baker and NJ Policy Perspective.
Posted On02/15/2022 byThanks to NJEdReport for posting Sunlight’s blog and adding a great picture (from the Academy Award-winning movie “Cabaret”) of cherry-picking – which is Weber and Baker go-to method of “research.” Weber and Baker predetermine their conclusion – in this case and very often the supposed need for more education spending by the state – and…Read More
Star-Ledger Publishes Sunlight’s Op-Ed on More NJEA “Dark Money” in NJ Politics
Posted On02/07/2022 byThanks to the Star-Ledger for publishing Sunlight’s op-ed on a new kind of “dark money” in NJ politics. Traditionally, dark money has referred to secret funders of Super PACs (political action committees). Here, we know that the NJEA funded its Super PAC, Garden State Forward, with $42 million, but because of inadequate disclosure, we…Read More
NJEdReport Highlights Sunlight’s Response to Gov. Murphy’s Inaugural Address
Posted On01/20/2022 byThank to NJ Education Report for highlighting Sunlight’s response to Gov. Murphy’s inaugural address. We think NJEdReport plucked out the right lines. Like Politico‘s Matt Friedman (also quoted by NJEd Report), we question whether Murphy will reduce property taxes, and even if he does, he will likely raise other taxes to help him do it….Read More
NJ Ed Report Improves on and Amplifies Sunlight’s Analysis of 2021 Election Spending
Posted On12/14/2021 byAs usual, NJEdReport gets at the key points and then presents them in a thoroughly digestible way. A quick and easy way to understand how the NJEA spent $20 million – that’s $167 for each and every teacher – of its members’ highest-in-the-nation dues exclusively on supporting Gov. Murphy and Democrats and enriching well-connected Democrat…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 $167 for EACH AND EVERY TEACHER to Support Murphy and Democrats While most political insiders in New Jersey immediately…Read More
NJEdReport Adds Its Own Take on Sunlight’s Blog on the Montclair School Board Vote
Posted On11/10/2021 byAs usual, NJEdReport added its own excellent and informed take on Sunlight’s blog congratulating Montclair voters on their landslide victory. Montclair will now have an elected school board, and the deeply conflicted NJEA President/Montclair Mayor Spiller will no longer have control over Montclair’s school board. Montclair parents saw their children locked out of school for…Read More
Shining a Light on the NJEA’s Dark Money Trails
Posted On11/10/2021 byTHE POLL$ 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
Sunlight Quoted in the Excellent NJSpotlight Report on the NJEA’s Taxpayer-Funded Support for Murphy
Posted On10/27/2021 byKudos to Jeff Pillets and NJSpotlight for their excellent, balanced report on the NJEA’s massive, taxpayer-funded support for Gov. Murphy’s re-election. Pillets gets quotes from all sides of the debate, including from Sunlight and NJEA President Sean Spiller. Sunlight particularly liked this quote from Ben Dworkin of Rowan University: “In the NJEA, the governor has…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
NJEdReport Chimes in on NJEA’s Controversial Sponsorship of Gubernatorial Debate
Posted On10/18/2021 byThanks to NJEdReport for citing to Sunlight’s research on the (at least) $15.5 million the NJEA has spent for Gov. Murphy’s re-election.Read More