Stuff in the ‘Network of Allies’ Category
Sunlight Is Surprised by Evident Anti-Charter School Bias at New Jersey Public Radio
Posted On09/27/2021 bySunlight recently had a surprising exchange with Nancy Solomon, the managing editor of New Jersey Public Radio. Solomon was a recipient of a Sunlight email blast promoting our most recent report on the record-breaking $310,000 that was spent to elect NJEA President Sean Spiller mayor of Montclair. In relevant part, Solomon replied: “Charter school shills…Read More
Is NJ Working Families Alliance Serving as a “Dark Money” Front for the NJEA?
Posted On08/17/2021 bySunlight was recently on Twitter asking whether New Jersey Working Families Alliance’s (NJWFA) executive director Sue Altman’s anti-charter school invective had something to do with the fact that NJWFA had received at least $249,000 from the NJEA – probably the most anti-charter school organization in the state. Sunlight was right to question Altman on this and…Read More
NJEdReport: Gov. Murphy Takes Care of His NJEA Pals Over Kids in Poor School Districts. Where Is Mark Weber and NJPP?
Posted On07/15/2021 byNJ Ed Report published an excellent report today about how the NJEA’s Center for Teaching and Learning (CTL) is sending unqualified teachers to teach in high-poverty, Abbott districts. Thankfully, NJ Ed Report is a trusted outlet for NJ Department of Education (DOE) whistleblowers who blew the whistle on teachers being allowed to teach all-important physics classes…Read More
More Flawed Research from Jersey Jazzman and NJ Policy Perspective, Once Again Aligning with the NJEA
Posted On07/09/2021 byMore flawed research by New Jersey Policy Perspective (NJPP) and Mark Weber, Ph.D., (a.k.a Jersey Jazzman): flawed because it is predicated on prior flawed NJPP/Weber research, which it treats as established fact, which it is certainly not. And once again – like his previous work for NJPP – Weber’s conclusions align perfectly with the policy…Read More
Quid Pro Quo: SEIU Joins the NJEA in Endorsing “Enthusiastically Pro Union” Gov. Murphy
Posted On05/26/2021 byTo no one’s surprise, public union SEIU endorsed Gov. Murphy for re-election, following in train of NJ’s most powerful public union, the NJEA. In doing so, they describe Murphy as a “enthusiastically pro union governor, who has “enacted policies that significantly improved the lives” of public employees. This sounds a lot like what NJEA Secretary…Read More
New Direction Spent $13.2 Million Boosting Gov. Murphy, with $10.5 Million from the Taxpayer-Funded NJEA
Posted On05/20/2021 byPolitico’s Matt Friedman reported in his New Jersey Playbook that NJEA-funded Super PAC New Direction New Jersey(NDNJ) has spent nearly $13.2 million over the past three years to boost Gov. Murphy. Friedman points out that the $13.2 million is almost as much as the $15.6 million the governor would be permitted to spend if he…Read More
NTU President Abeigon Tries to Rewrite History after Sunlight’s Billboard Calls the NTU Out
Posted On05/18/2021 byNewark Teachers’ Union head John Abeigon issued a response to Sunlight’s billboard, one of several around the state that blames the NTU and the NJEA for keeping students out of the classroom and contributing to large-scale learning loss for Newark kids. Unfortunately, Abeigon does not stick to the facts about the matter and attempts to…Read More
More Shoddy Research from NJ Policy Perspective: the Fate of Camden Students Be Damned
Posted On05/14/2021 byThe scholars at New Jersey Policy Perspective (NJPP) have done it again: they have published shoddy, substandard “research” in the service of their NJEA patrons. Their new report revolves around the spurious and unsupported claim that there is “no evidence” that the state takeover of Camden schools has improved student learning. Once again, NJPP’s own report…Read More
NJ Policy Perspective’s “Blueprint” for NJ Aligns with the NJEA and Its Vast Network of Allies
Posted On04/27/2021 byProgressive think-tank New Jersey Policy Perspective (NJPP) released its policy blueprint for NJ. Sunlight is not going to delve into all the policy proposals. Readers can do that at their leisure. Sunlight highlights two facts about the report: NJPP states that it worked in “close collaboration” with many other NJ progressive groups who make up…Read More
New Direction Is Now Essentially an NJEA Super PAC with Gov. Murphy as Spokesman
Posted On04/08/2021 bySunlight admits that this is not new news, but because it was released on Christmas Eve-eve, we missed it. But we found the InsiderNJ press release that reveals that Super PAC New Direction New Jersey (NDNJ) is now almost entirely funded by the NJEA. That’s right, from late 2019 to late 2020, the NJEA pumped $6,000,000…Read More