Stuff in the ‘Network of Allies’ Category
NJLeftBehind Digs into Jazzman/NJ Policy Perspective’s Flawed Research
Posted On07/14/2020 byKudos and thanks to NJLeftBehind for a masterful critique of Mark Weber, Ph.D. (a.k.a., Jersey Jazzman) and New Jersey Policy Perspective’s (NJPP) latest piece of shoddy research. NJLeftBehind calls it like it sees it, and it sees Weber and NJPP as essentially paid lobbyists for the NJEA. After the two shoddy pieces of research Weber…Read More
NJ Education Aid Finds Gaps in Weber/NJPP Report on a Teacher Shortage
Posted On07/13/2020 byThe excellent New Jersey Education Aid provides facts and data (here)that expose gaps in Mark Weber, Ph.D.’s (a.k.a., Jersey Jazzman) latest report for New Jersey Policy Perspective (NJPP) (here) on a shortage of teacher candidates in NJ. In other words, NJ Education Aid does what Weber does not do: provides sound, evidence-based research that supports…Read More
NJEA FUNDS SPILLER’S MAYORAL RUN, DEEPENING HIS CONFLICT OF INTEREST
Posted On04/22/2020 byThis post is an addendum to the Sunlight Policy Center of New Jersey’s (SPCNJ) recent report “Councilman Spiller, Mayor Spiller, Governor Spiller?” Thanks to NJLeftBehind for highlighting this aspect of Spiller’s run for mayor of Montclair. The NJEA and Its Allies Are the Main Funders of Spiller’s Mayoral Campaign As detailed in SPCNJ’s previous report, New…Read More
NJEA-backed Coalition Calls for $3.1bn in Tax Hikes While Residents Flee NJ
Posted On02/21/2020 byThe timing is perfect. A new NJEA-backed coalition, “For the Many,” calls for $3.1 billion in tax hikes the same day that a new study determined that New Jersey lost the second-most residents of any state. A Zippia study of US Census Bureau data entitled “Here Are the States Americans Don’t Want to Live In…Read More
New Coalition “For the Many” Should Be Named “For the Special Interests”
Posted On02/21/2020 byAn InsiderNJ Press Release announced the creation of a new coalition named “For the Many.” The Steering Committee includes two powerhouse public-sector unions – the NJEA and CWA – as well as New Jersey Policy Perspective (NJPP), Working Families Alliance, Citizen Action, Work Environment Council, Anti-Poverty Network, and Make the Road. Save Our Schools (SOS)…Read More
In Exchange for $3.7 Million, the ELC Does Some Legal Work for the NJEA
Posted On02/12/2020 byNJ Spotlight reported today that the New Jersey Supreme Court will hear an appeal by the Education Law Center (ELC) over its challenge to an expansion for Newark charter schools. ELC claims that the expansion would drain district funds and increase segregation, but a New Jersey appeals court upheld the expansion. So ELC appealed. Famous…Read More
SPCNJ’s Report Is All Facts, Mr. Baker. All Sourced and Footnoted.
Posted On01/06/2020 bySPCNJ published a in-depth report today that reveals the NJEA’s vast, inter-connected network of allies. As expected, NJEA spokesperson Steve Baker casually dismissed SPCNJ’s work as “anti-union propaganda.” We at SPCNJ defy Mr. Baker to identify one piece of information in the report that isn’t a fact. He won’t be able to because the report…Read More
NJ Left Behind Rightly Asks: Whose Interests Is ELC Representing?
Posted On12/12/2019 byNJ Left Behind is spot-on when it comes to calling out the Education Law Center’s most recent hypocrisy. ELC famously proclaims that it’s looking out for disadvantaged kids, but NJ Left Behind puts the lie to that. Here are some FACTS about the ELC (which will be further detailed in an upcoming report by SPCNJ):…Read More
Sue Altman Is Suing for EDA Records: Who Is Paying the Lawyers?
Posted On12/12/2019 byInsiderNJ reports that Sue Altman, the state director of Working Families Alliance who was famously removed from a recent state senate hearing, is suing the state for records of the Economic Development Agency. Remember that Altman claims that Working Families receives about $75,000 per year from public sector unions, although we apparently have to take…Read More
A “Fact-Lite” Statement from Working Families
Posted On12/06/2019 byVia InsiderNJ, Working Families spokesman Rob Duffey issued a statement yesterday challenging Senate President Sweeney’s characterization of Working Families state director Sue Altman as a “paid protester.” Calling it a “Trumpian epithet,” Duffey claimed that Working Families represented “the cries of non-partisan advocates and reformers” and accused Sweeney of “placing special interests over the public…Read More