The Sunlight Monitor
Our posts on the issues of the day.
January 19, 2023
A friend of Sunlight’s in West Orange informed us that NJEA Field Representative Brian Rock was elected president of the West Orange school board (WOBOE). While we […]
January 12, 2023
State of the State: What About Learning Loss, Public Pensions and Healthcare Costs, Governor Murphy?
Gov. Murphy gave his State of the State speech and there was a lot of talk about New Jersey “leading the nation” in this or that, […]
January 10, 2023
Most teachers just want to teach, but the NJEA has made very clear it believes “teaching is political,” and continues to put its money where its […]
December 30, 2022
At long last, and only after a great deal of public outcry, Gov. Murphy’s Department of Education finally released the full dataset from last spring’s state […]
December 28, 2022
Sunlight has repeatedly documented (here and here) how New Jersey teachers pay the highest dues in the nation to the NJEA and its national parent, the […]
December 21, 2022
Despite federal pandemic relief funds, record tax revenues and a lot of happy talk from Gov. Murphy, New Jersey’s long-term financial condition was ranked the worst in […]