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January 4, 2024

By Michael Lilley, Sunlight Policy Center at January 4, 2024

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News
Opinion

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 […]

January 3, 2024

By Guest Contributor at January 3, 2024

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CERF: Lowering High School Diploma Standards Is The Opposite of Equity and Social Justice

Chris Cerf was Superintendent of Newark Public Schools and New Jersey’s Commissioner of Education. In the latter roll he oversaw 2,500 public schools, 1.4 million […]

January 3, 2024

By Laura Waters at January 3, 2024

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News

The Twenty Most Violent Schools in New Jersey

We know America’s public schools have seen an increase in violence since students returned after COVID school closures. In a recent study, the Nation Center […]

January 3, 2024

By NJER Newsroom at January 3, 2024

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SOMA Black Parents Workshop Asks Victims Of High School Principal To Speak Up

Ed. Note: Yesterday South Orange-Maplewood Superintendent Dr. Kevin Gilbert notified families that Columbia High School principal Frank Sanchez was placed on administrative leave. While no […]

January 2, 2024

By Laura Waters at January 2, 2024

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Asbury Park Administrators: ‘We Have Arrived At a Crisis’

Thursday evening the Asbury Park Board of Education will have its annual reorganization meeting, typically a humdrum affair with selection of officers and lots of […]

January 2, 2024

By Laura Waters at January 2, 2024

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News

BREAKING: South Orange-Maplewood Principal Out Under Mysterious Circumstances

Today families and staff in the South Orange-Maplewood School District received a letter from Acting Superintendent of Schools Kevin Gilbert advising them that Columbia High […]

COMMUNITIES

August 29, 2023

By Laura Waters at August 29, 2023

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What’s Going On In Lakewood?

A new report from New Jersey’s State Auditor says that the Lakewood Public Schools District suffers from “severe fiscal distress” and the state should create […]

August 29, 2023

By Laura Waters at August 29, 2023

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Governor Spiller? New Jersey Teachers Should Follow Their Money

According to Mike Lilley of the Sunlight Foundation of New Jersey, Montclair Mayor/NJEA President Sean Spiller is using teacher union dues to fund his campaign […]

August 28, 2023

By Laura Waters at August 28, 2023

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Camden
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New Report: Camden Is Top Loser In Fair Charter School Funding

A new national study calculates how states cheat public charter schools out of money and Camden, New Jersey, where almost 60 percent of students attend […]

OPINION

June 23, 2022

By Michael Lilley, Sunlight Policy Center at June 23, 2022

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LILLEY: NJEA Forks Over Cash While Teachers Get Ignored

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 […]

June 14, 2022

By Laura Waters at June 14, 2022

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As Murphy Plots a Presidential Run, Low-Income Families Pay the Price

At a Goldman Sachs conference in April of 2017, a month before Phil Murphy declared his candidacy for New Jersey governor, a former governor’s wife […]

June 13, 2022

By Laura Waters at June 13, 2022

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Opinion

Um, No, Don’t Blame New Jersey Teacher Shortages on ‘Wage Gaps’

Two weeks ago Mark Weber, also known as “Jersey Jazzman,” issued a report through New Jersey Policy Perspective called “New Jersey’s Teacher Pipeline: The Decline […]