NJEA spokesman Steve Baker made some notably defensive comments about the NJEA’s ad campaign to NorthJersey.com.  The NJEA appears to be trying to reshape its messaging after the pushback against its TV ads. Baker now claims that the NJEA was not attacking parents who dared to speak up at school board meetings across the state: “Parents…Read More

It turns out that a majority of public school parents distrust public schools when it comes to teaching about gender and sexuality.  Contrary to this reality, a recent NJEA ad campaign calls parents who dare to speak up about such issues “extremists.”  But a new poll shows that the NJEA’s “extremist” label is false. In its…Read More

Sunlight has detailed how the NJEA is training teachers to become political activists to push for truly radical education policies at the school district level – such as teaching about transgenderism and what can only be described as critical race theory to 1st graders.  When New Jersey parents – already fed up with prolonged school…Read More

In Sunlight Policy Center of New Jersey’s recent report, “Teaching Is Political, Part I,” we revealed that the New Jersey Education Association (NJEA) is training teachers to become political activists and push for truly radical curriculums at the local school district level.  In this report, we look at how the NJEA has taken its political…Read More

Sunlight was surprised to learn that the NJEA is seeking a new executive director.  Very quietly, we would add, as the announcement is dated July 6, and in the three weeks since, no news organization has picked up this story.  Here’s our take. First, we hope that Swetsky is in good health and that his…Read More