March 27, 2024

Newark Mayor, Rutgers, and Braven Unite to Empower College Students For Career Success

Newark Mayor Ras Baraka, the city’s business and academic leaders, and representatives from Braven, a non-profit dedicated to empowering first-generation and other underrepresented college students, […]
March 27, 2024

Gateway Academy Charter School To Host Self-Care Empowerment Extravaganza for Middle School Girls

Newark’s Gateway Academy Charter School, a part of the BRICK Education Network of schools, is set to host its inaugural Self-Care Empowerment Extravaganza, tailored specifically for middle school […]
March 25, 2024

Lawyers Release Timeline of South Orange-Maplewood Principal’s Arrest for Assaulting Student

On March 11th the Essex County Prosecutor’s Office charged Frank Sanchez, principal of South Orange-Maplewood’s Columbia High School, with second degree child endangerment, a felony, […]
COMMUNITIES
December 15, 2023

NJ Public Charter School Parents Take to the Statehouse, Urging Governor and Lawmakers to Support Charter Facilities Funding

Representatives of the New  Jersey Public Charter Schools  Association (NJPCSA) joined over 30 public charter school  parents from Camden, Paterson, Newark, Trenton, Plainfield, Jersey City and other communities at […]
OPINION
November 8, 2022

LILLEY: (Updated!) From 2011-2020, NJEA Spent $560K+ in 43 New Jersey School Districts. Here’s a List.

Update via Mike Lilley: Sunlight has discovered $70,000 in last-minute spending on school board elections from the NJEA’s Super PAC, Garden State Forward.   Recent […]
November 7, 2022

LILLEY: In These Four School Board Elections, NJEA Is Tilting the Scales For Union-Friendly Candidates

Sunlight wants to update our reporting on NJEA funding for local school board races.  In Wayne, Sparta, Ringwood and Old Bridge, the NJEA’s traditional PAC, NJEA […]