January 12, 2026
Matthew Frankel has lived in Montclair with his family for over 20 years. He runs the strategic communications and engagement firm, MDF Strategies, where he […]
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December 12, 2025
It’s true: Sean Spiller, former president of the New Jersey Education Association, is still thinking big, even after a disastrous campaign for NJ Governor. Matt […]
May 29, 2024
Next week Newark Teachers Union members will vote on a new five-year tentative contract that will raise salaries for educators by 4.5% each year and […]
December 1, 2023
On NJEA’s recommendation, the NEA Fund for Children and Public Education has endorsed five New Jersey congressional incumbents for reelection in 2024. These endorsements are […]
July 20, 2023
Mendacious Michael “Hundreds of Millions” Gottesman is at it again. The founder of the New Jersey Public Education Coalition (NJPEC) recently took to the pages of NJ […]
June 27, 2023
This is a response to Mike Gottesman’s op-ed, “Put Up Or Shut up,” about Mike Lilley’s Sunlight Policy Center of NJ. Meet Michael “Hundreds of […]
June 14, 2023
The average New Jersey teacher makes about $70,212 per year, plus generous benefits. Not too shabby, until you realize how much money they pay to […]
September 9, 2022
Why is there a teacher shortage? It turns out the nation’s largest teachers union, the National Education Association (NEA), knew the answer all along: young […]
August 5, 2022
Teacher unions are taking heat from American voters who (according to this July 2022 poll) now trust Republicans more than Democrats to “handle issues related […]
July 15, 2022
Last week Mike Lilley of Sunlight Policy Center published the startling news that in 2019 state teachers union executive director Ed Richardson received $2.5 million […]
November 8, 2021
Heck, I leave for a week (to welcome my first grandbaby to the world!) and all hell breaks loose. Phil Murphy’s re-election is a squeaker, […]
October 20, 2021
(And Does NJ Neglect Non-Education Spending?) When New Jerseyans talk about New Jersey’s education spending, there is a widespread assumption that New Jersey’s per pupil […]