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Is the Teachers Union Too Powerful?

It’s hard to have a discussion about public education in New Jersey without mentioning our state’s teachers union, the New Jersey Education Association. In this ongoing series, NJ Education Report is taking a step back and examining the role the teachers union plays in shaping education for children in the Garden State. Does it elevate our public school system by pressing for fair funding and more support for students? Or does the union’s significant clout and influence come at the expense of better outcomes for under-served students and families? We welcome your thoughts, either in the comment box or your own submissions. Feel free to contact NJ Education Report at [email protected]

LILLEY: NJEA Forks Over Cash While Teachers Get Ignored

Michael Lilley, Sunlight Policy Center June 23, 2022

Some things never change. Teachers and New Jersey citizens are being scammed again. Northjersey.com revealed that the NJEA has contributed $750,000 to a Stronger Fairer

If NJEA Leaders Are Serious About Fixing the Teacher Shortage, They’ll Need To Limber Up

Laura Waters June 22, 2022

Today Mike Lilley of the Sunlight Policy Center of New Jersey released a new report called “Teaching in New Jersey’s Antiquated, Union-Dominated Public School System

Murphy and Legislators Gave a Gift to NJEA That No One Knows About

Laura Waters May 25, 2022

In April 2018, two months before the U.S. Supreme Court released its Janus v. AFSCME ruling that said mandatory union dues were a violation of

Murphy’s 2020 Sop To Teacher Union Leaders Is Hurting School District Budgets and Taxpayers

Laura Waters May 20, 2022

When Gov. Phil Murphy signed  a new teacher health care law in 2020 called Chapter 44, leaders of the New Jersey Education Association celebrated but

LILLEY: Deb Cornavaca, the NJEA, and Gov. Murphy Are One Revolving Door of Special-Interest Influence

Michael Lilley, Sunlight Policy Center May 18, 2022

Well, well, well, as night follows day, a NJEA political organizer cycles into the Murphy administration as a senior officer and then cycles right back

From NJEA to the Murphy’s Office and Back Again! Chief of Staff Gets a Promotion.

Laura Waters May 17, 2022

The New Jersey Education Association just announced the hiring of Deborah Cornavaca, currently Deputy Chief of Staff for Gov. Phil Murphy, as the union’s new

COMMENTARY: Is Biden Really Trying To ‘Yank Students Out of Schools Their Parents Chose’? So Murphy.

Laura Waters March 29, 2022

The Biden Administration just released new rules for applicants to the federal Charter Schools Program (CSP), which is supposed to help public charters with start-up expenses

COMMENTARY: Murphy’s Public Educational Politics Are Neither Strong Nor Fair

Laura Waters February 25, 2022

Gov. Phil Murphy loves to preach about his quest for a “stronger and fairer New Jersey” but, if recent events are any indication, he’s talking

NJ Property Tax Payers, Be Grateful For Small Favors

Staff Writer February 15, 2022

John Reitmeyer reports today on the rousing success of New Jersey’s 2 percent cap on municipal and school district tax increases, which has succeeded in

NJ Teachers Each Paid $167 for Murphy’s Re-Election, Whether They Like Him or Not

Staff Writer December 14, 2021

Last month NJ Spotlight analyzed the growing influence of Super PACs on New Jersey’s elections, concluding that this past November’s election marked the highest influence

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