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NJEA Pushes for a “Progressive” State Board of Ed Against the Wishes of NJ...

NJEA President Sean Spiller is using the NJEA’s well-bought influence with Gov. Murphy and the Democratic legislature to try to turn the State Board of Education (SBOE) into a thoroughly “progressive”...

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If NJ Teachers Had a Choice, Would They Vote to Cut NJEA Political Spending...

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 them at the bargaining table.   They can choose to...

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United Van Lines and U-Haul: NJ Continues to Lose People and Wealth to More...

United Van Lines (UVL) and U-Haul came out with their 2023 annual surveys, and once again NJ ranks as one of the states with the most people leaving.  A large number of the leavers are older,...

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2022-23 Census Data Shows NJ Citizens Are Voting with Their Feet: a Net...

More data shows that NJ continues to have a serious outmigration problem, with 44,666 people leaving NJ for other states from 2022-23, or -0.5% of NJ’s population.  NJ remains one of the bottom five...

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More Bullying of School Boards by Mendacious Michael “Hundreds of Millions”...

Mendacious Michael “Hundreds of Millions” Gottesman and his NJ Public Education Coalition (NJPEC) are back, once again seeking to intimidate school boards into adopting their progressive agenda, this...

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Mendacious Michael Gottesman and NJPEC Want to Turn a North...

Mendacious Michael “Hundreds of Millions” Gottesman and his NJEA-funded NJ Public Education Coalition (NJPEC) will stop at nothing to impose their progressive education agenda on NJ school districts....

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The NJEA’s Active Role in the Scorched-Earth Politics Aimed at the North...

As intended, Mendacious Michael “Hundreds of Millions” Gottesman and his NJEA-funded NJ Public Education Coalition (NJPEC) succeeded in turning a regular North Hunterdon-Voorhees (NHV) school board...

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NJEA President/Montclair Mayor Sean Spiller Pleads the 5th in Whistleblower...

The news out of Montclair puts a dark ethical cloud over Montclair Mayor/NJEA President Sean Spiller.   According to the Montclair Local, in a deposition for whistleblower lawsuit against Spiller and...

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The Star-Ledger Nails It: NJ Voters and Teachers Deserve Transparency about...

Once again, the Star-Ledger steps up to keep NJ citizens and teachers informed about what’s really going on with the New Jersey’s most powerful special interest, the NJEA — this time about the walking...

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Will AG Platkin Hold Gov. Murphy’s Pals Sean Spiller and Brendan Gill to the...

Will Gov. Murphy’s pals NJEA President/Montclair Mayor Sean Spiller and Essex County Commissioner Brendan Gill receive the same treatment as the three Wildwood officials who were just indicted by...

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Gubernatorial Malpractice: Sweeney Center Projects Gov. Murphy Will Leave the...

As we head into the final two years of Gov. Murphy’s tenure as governor, we must ask: what condition will NJ be in when he leaves office? A new report by the Sweeney Center paints a bleak picture.  All...

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Gubernatorial Malpractice, Part II: Gov. Murphy Is AWOL on Learning Loss, So...

Thank goodness for Sen. Teresa Ruiz.  The Senate majority leader has introduced a bill to create an “Office of Learning Loss Czar” to help push Murphy’s Department of Education (DOE) to FINALLY address...

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With Budget Shortfalls Looming, Lawmakers Reportedly Look to Raise Taxes...

NJ appears to be heading into budget season with lagging revenues.  With state government spending up 56% under Gov. Murphy and a record $54.4 billion budget last year, lawmakers will be scrambling to...

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InsiderNJ’s Fred Snowflack Flacks for Mendacious Michael Gottesman and His...

InsiderNJ’s Fred Snowflack is back with his biased take on the culture wars in NJ school districts. The title of his recent piece “Hitting the Books, or Just Banning Them,” makes Snowflack’s bias plain...

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Another Gov. Murphy Budget: Record Spending, Higher Taxes and a Deficit....

We wanted to add our quick take on Gov. Murphy’s proposed FY2025 budget.  In a sentence: it’s more spending backed by higher taxes, Murphy’s go-to governance formula, which always and everywhere takes...

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Bergen County EA President Defends NJEA Transparency But Is Not Transparent...

The president of the Bergen County Education Association, Sue McBride, penned an op-ed in the New Jersey Globe in defense of the NJEA against “editorials and anti-union propaganda,” meaning the...

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Legal Woes Don’t Stop NJEA President Sean Spiller from Spending Teachers’...

Despite NJEA President Sean Spiller’s legal woes and his decision not to run for re-election as Montclair mayor, he’s still pursuing his (post-Montclair) personal political career and using hundreds...

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FY2025 Budget: Gov. Murphy Resorts to One-Time Fixes To Pay for His...

Gov. Murphy spends a lot of time talking about how fiscally responsible he is, but as always with Murphy, you have to look through the words to the actual numbers.  An excellent example of that is...

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Montclair Councilman: “Is the Township Being Weaponized To Go After People”...

Per the Montclair Local, we are learning more and more about how NJEA President/Montclair Mayor Sean Spiller conducts himself in office, and it’s not good.  Already the subject of a whistleblower...

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With Student Misbehavior Negatively Impacting Teachers, NJEA Leadership...

More reports of student misbehavior and the negative impact on teachers, with local association officers sounding the alarm.  Where is the NJEA on this issue of obvious importance to teachers?...

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