Stuff in the ‘Network of Allies’ Category
NJ Education Aid: More Shoddy Research from NJ Policy Perspective (Again)
Posted On12/11/2020 byThis time, NJ Education Aid (as posted in an article by NJ Left Behind) does the public the service of exposing more shoddy, biased research from New Jersey Policy Perspective (NJPP). NJ Education Aid goes into great detail to discredit NJPP’s “study” that concluded that NJ teachers’ pensions were among the least generous in the…Read More
Another Strand in the NJEA’s Close Relationship with NJ Spotlight
Posted On11/24/2020 byThere’s now an eighth strand in the NJEA’s close relationship with NJ Spotlight. As detailed in Sunlight’s blog “What Has Happened to NJ Spotlight?,” NJ Spotlight appears to be employing a double-standard when it comes to publishing op-eds from NJEA allies and NJEA critics. So Sunlight did some research and found: 1) The NJEA is listed…Read More
More Shoddy Research from NJ Policy Perspective with a Boost from NJ Spotlight
Posted On11/18/2020 byNJ Spotlight continues to live down to its new reputation as a megaphone for the NJEA and its allies. In a piece entitled “What Has Happened to NJ Spotlight?” Sunlight Policy Center recently highlighted the NJEA’s substantial financial support for and ties to NJ Spotlight, and the disparate treatment given op-eds critical of the NJEA…Read More
What Has Happened to NJ Spotlight?
Posted On11/12/2020 bySunlight Policy Center has noticed a disturbing trend with the news website NJ Spotlight. Normally when Sunlight submits an op-ed, the editing process is collaborative and quick. But Sunlight has found a double-standard with NJ Spotlight: our op-eds are receiving excessive scrutiny while certain other op-eds are not. In the most recent case (which is…Read More
The COVID Pandemic Has Not Changed Some Things: More Shoddy Research from Jersey Jazzman and NJ Policy Perspective
Posted On10/16/2020 byMark Weber, Ph.D. (a.k.a., Jersey Jazzman), has published an op-ed in NJSpotlight (based on a report he did for New Jersey Policy Perspective (NJPP)) that purports to show that NJ school districts that are all-remote this fall are doing so because they are underfunded, which disproportionately hurts Black and Latino students. As exhaustively documented by Sunlight…Read More
Public Sector Union Pals Pay Gov. Murphy Back with New Direction’s TV Ads
Posted On10/15/2020 byAs reported in InsiderNJ, Super PAC New Direction New Jersey (NDNJ) has cut a new ad touting Gov. Murphy’s COVID response and his recovery plans. Sunlight just wants to remind NJ citizens that NDNJ is 80% funded by the public sector unions (70% by the NJEA). Just a little more back-scratching between Murphy and his…Read More
New Jersey Governance in the Middle of a Pandemic: Run by and for Special Interests
Posted On09/16/2020 byThe NJEA’s investments are paying off. New Jersey’s most powerful special interest has had a great recent run with Governor Murphy. As is well known, the NJEA was “all-in” for Phil Murphy when he ran for governor and strongly boosted his candidacy. Since Murphy’s election, the NJEA and its public-sector union allies have pumped…Read More
“For the Many NJ” – A New Coalition with the Same Unions and Progressive Allies
Posted On09/09/2020 byIt is difficult to keep up with the various coalitions of public-sector unions and their progressive allies. They pop up like mushrooms after a rainstorm. The newest iteration is “For the Many NJ” (they always have catchy names that disguise their true nature), which has inserted itself into this year’s budget discussions. As presented in…Read More
NJ Education Aid: More Shoddy, Misleading Research from NJ Policy Perspective
Posted On09/08/2020 byThe BuryPensions blog tells it like it is. Based on some excellent new research by New Jersey Education Aid entitled “New Jersey Policy Perspective Misleads on Pensions,” Bury had this to say: “But when a think-tank getting similar NJEA money puts out worse propaganda it gets accepted by other media outlets that choose to disseminate…Read More
The NJEA Hits the Trifecta with Murphy’s Budget; the Rest of NJ, Not So Much
Posted On08/26/2020 byGovernor Murphy presented a nine-month FY2021 budget yesterday that props up state government spending by issuing bonds and raising taxes. As analyzed by NJ Spotlight’s Jon Reitmeyer, there is virtually no state government belt-tightening: state spending will “still top $40 billion for a traditional 12-month fiscal year … even as he is projecting steep revenue…Read More