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September 12, 2023

By Guest Contributor at September 12, 2023

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News

GOLDEN: Backlash Against the DOE’s Prioritizing Schools Over Parent Rights Has NJ Dems on the Defensive

Carl Golden is an analyst with the William J. Hughes Center for Public Policy at Stockton University. This first appeared at InsiderNJ. Historically, legislative elections […]

September 12, 2023

By Laura Waters at September 12, 2023

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SCOOP: Sussex County GOP Launches Anti-Murphy ‘Sex Ed Mandates’ Campaign

The Sussex County Republican Party is releasing a billboard campaign that will attack the Murphy Administration for its “Sex Ed Mandates,” claiming “no family is […]

September 11, 2023

By Laura Waters at September 11, 2023

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Parents, Take Heed: Your Child’s Report Card Isn’t Accurate

When parents want to gauge their children’s learning, their first stop is often report cards. Yet a new study from the test company ACT shows […]

September 11, 2023

By Michael Lilley, Sunlight Policy Center at September 11, 2023

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News
Opinion

LILLEY: As NJEA Enrollments Drops, Our Teachers Pay the Highest Dues in the Nation

We have independent confirmation of our blog post on Tuesday, where we reported that the NJEA raised teachers’ dues to $1,038 a year, the highest […]

September 11, 2023

By Laura Waters at September 11, 2023

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Why Is Murphy’s Education Department Holding Onto This Data on Teacher Shortages?

If you ask the New Jersey Department of Education how many teacher vacancies there are as school gets underway, they can’t tell you. That’s because, […]

September 8, 2023

By Laura Waters at September 8, 2023

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Fireworks at the DOE As Parents Question Gender Identity Rules

The New Jersey State Board of Education meeting, on Wednesday September 6th, was more remarkable for what it didn’t include than for what it did. […]

COMMUNITIES

March 16, 2023

By Laura Waters at March 16, 2023

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Newark

Here’s Why Newark Mayor Ras Baraka Fell For the Sister City Scam

National media is having a field day with New Mayor Ras Baraka’s humiliating failure to see through a transparent scam. As most everyone knows by […]

March 16, 2023

By Oscar James at March 16, 2023

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JAMES: This Government Agency Is In Cahoots With Newark Superintendent to Cheat Our Children and Taxpayers

You wouldn’t think my life as a Newark dad would have anything to do with a massive state agency with a multi-billion dollar budget. But […]

March 10, 2023

By Laura Waters at March 10, 2023

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Tick-Tock of Racism Revelations at Newark High School

It’s old news that Newark Superintendent Roger Leon and the city’s school board have known for almost a year about the anti-Black racism at the […]

OPINION

August 11, 2021

By Michael Lilley, Sunlight Policy Center at August 11, 2021

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LILLEY: Sean Spiller’s Political Ambitions Present NJ Voters With the ‘Largest Conflict of Interest’ in State History

Sunlight Policy Center has been active on social media about NJEA President-elect/Montclair Mayor Sean Spiller’s fundraiser for his dark-money Super PAC. We highlighted the pricey […]

August 2, 2021

By Contributor at August 2, 2021

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Asbury Park Parent: ‘Why Won’t the Murphy Administration Do the Right Thing and Honor Our School Choice?’

Desiree Whyte of Asbury Park is the mother of Nick Whyte, a student at College Achieve Greater Asbury Park School. She writes of the decision […]

July 27, 2021

By Laura Waters at July 27, 2021

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COMMENTARY: From Bridgewater to Newark, Parents Are Demanding Virtual Options. What If We Listened?

In June Gov. Phil Murphy decreed that this September all schools must provide in-person full-time instruction and the days of virtual learning are over. “I […]