Michael Lilley, Sunlight Policy Center, Author at NJ Education Report
October 13, 2025

Sherrill, Gottheimer Slam NJEA’s ‘Violent, Antisemitic, Anti-Christian’ Social Media Posts

Despite the recent lawsuit filed by two teachers against former-President Sean Spiller and the NJEA for misusing $45 million of teachers’ dues, NJEA leadership brazenly continues to […]
April 28, 2025

TikTok of NJEA President Admitting Teachers’ Dues Are Funding His Campaign

The dam has indeed broken. After the New York Times and NJ.com stated unequivocally that NJEA members’ regular dues were being used to fund NJEA President Sean Spiller’s vanity run […]
April 3, 2024

LILLEY: Montclair Resident Asks if NJEA President Is Using Teacher Salaries for Self-Promotion

Per the Montclair Local, we are learning more and more about how NJEA President/Montclair Mayor Sean Spiller conducts himself in office, and it’s not good.  Already the subject of […]
January 4, 2024

LILLEY: If NJ Teachers Had a Choice, Would They Cut NJEA Political Spending and Executive Pay To Get a 50% Cut in Dues?

Thanks to NJEA-friendly laws, they don’t have that choice, but Dade County, FL shows what can happen when teachers get a choice about who represents […]
December 4, 2023

More Post-Pandemic Student Misbehavior and Violence Towards Teachers. Where is the NJEA?

Fighting the culture wars.   Another New Jersey school district reports severe, post-pandemic disciplinary problems among its students resulting in chaotic schools and violence towards […]
November 3, 2023

LILLEY: President Spiller, Don’t Blame Teachers For the Mess You Have Created

With Election Day a week away, NJEA President Sean Spiller wrote an op-ed entitled “Educators Involved in Politics? Absolutely!”  Predictably, Spiller frames the issue as if […]
October 27, 2023

LILLEY: Murphy Tours Asia While His Tutoring Programs Fail and NJ Students Fall Further Behind

A governor who fails in his duty to educate New Jersey’s children is a failure as a governor.  ALL New Jersey children, including — especially […]