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Is the Teachers Union Too Powerful?

It’s hard to have a discussion about public education in New Jersey without mentioning our state’s teachers union, the New Jersey Education Association. In this ongoing series, NJ Education Report is taking a step back and examining the role the teachers union plays in shaping education for children in the Garden State. Does it elevate our public school system by pressing for fair funding and more support for students? Or does the union’s significant clout and influence come at the expense of better outcomes for under-served students and families? We welcome your thoughts, either in the comment box or your own submissions. Feel free to contact NJ Education Report at [email protected]

NJEA Leaders Are Using Teachers to Control School Board Elections and Set District Policies

Laura Waters 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

NJEA Is Teaching First Grade Teachers How to Perform ‘Drag Queen Story Hour’

Laura Waters July 27, 2022

According to a new report from Mike Lilley at the Sunlight Policy Center of NJ,  leaders of the NJ Education Association (NJEA) are training some

Murphy and NJEA Promised Taxpayer Relief From Healthcare Premiums—But It’s Going To Cost Us Instead

Laura Waters July 26, 2022

To the surprise of the entire New Jersey State Legislature as well as school districts and school staff, the Murphy Administration’s reform bill intended to

Esteemed NJ Businessman Demands Murphy and Media Challenge NJEA Leaders’ Gold-Plated Salary & Benefits

Staff Writer July 19, 2022

Josh Weston, who founded Automatic Data Processing (ADP) with the late New Jersey Sen. Frank Lautenberg, has some harsh words for the payroll of NJEA

NJEA Leaders Play Defense After Big Reveal of Executives’ Crazy-High Salaries

Laura Waters 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

LILLEY: New Jersey Teachers, Your Union Dues Paid NJEA Director $2.5 Million in 2019

Michael Lilley, Sunlight Policy Center July 9, 2022

Now we know: New Jersey Education Association (NJEA) retiring Executive Director Ed Richardson was paid $2,485,357 in 2019.  As executive director from 2013 to 2019,

LILLEY: NJEA Forks Over Cash While Teachers Get Ignored

Michael Lilley, Sunlight Policy Center June 23, 2022

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

If NJEA Leaders Are Serious About Fixing the Teacher Shortage, They’ll Need To Limber Up

Laura Waters June 22, 2022

Today Mike Lilley of the Sunlight Policy Center of New Jersey released a new report called “Teaching in New Jersey’s Antiquated, Union-Dominated Public School System

Murphy and Legislators Gave a Gift to NJEA That No One Knows About

Laura Waters May 25, 2022

In April 2018, two months before the U.S. Supreme Court released its Janus v. AFSCME ruling that said mandatory union dues were a violation of

Murphy’s 2020 Sop To Teacher Union Leaders Is Hurting School District Budgets and Taxpayers

Laura Waters May 20, 2022

When Gov. Phil Murphy signed  a new teacher health care law in 2020 called Chapter 44, leaders of the New Jersey Education Association celebrated but

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