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NJ Teachers: You’re Trapped in a System That Sucks Union Dues Out of Your Paychecks

Michael Lilley, Sunlight Policy Center January 14, 2021

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President Will Swaim of the California Policy Center wrote a new year’s letter to CPC subscribers decrying →

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In NJ, Taxpayers Pay Teachers Who Are Full-Time Union Lobbyists. Is That Legal?

Guest Blogger January 13, 2021

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Should New Jersey’s taxpayers—strained under one of the heaviest tax burdens in the country—be paying →

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Jersey City and Trenton Join Newark in Keeping Schools Schools Closed Through Spring

njleftbehind January 11, 2021

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The 30,000 students in Jersey City’s public schools have not seen the inside of their →

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Doing the Math in Lakewood: COVID Rates, Laptop Access, and Student Outcomes

njleftbehind January 4, 2021

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Transparency is not Lakewood Public School District’s middle name. According to Gustavo Martinez Contreras of →

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There Will Always Be a Lakewood

njleftbehind December 4, 2020

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Well, that didn’t go well. Right before last week’s Thanksgiving break, all Lakewood staff members →

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Top Union Officials Wooing Biden Share This Motto: “School Choice for Me but Not for Thee.”

Laura Waters November 30, 2020

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Those of you who follow me know I rarely have anything nice to say out-going →

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Montclair Students With Autism Started in-Person School on Friday. One Glitch: Teachers Didn’t Show Up.

njleftbehind October 20, 2020 Leave a comment

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This past Friday, 30 Montclair Public School District students arrived at school for their first →

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Covert Collective Action? One-Third of Princeton Teachers Request Leaves of Absence.

Laura Waters September 25, 2020 Leave a comment

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For a completely different vibe than Lakewood on school reopenings (see previous post), let’s turn →

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Hand Me The Barf Bag: I Agree With Trump Jr. On School Choice.

Laura Waters August 27, 2020 Leave a comment

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It is unacceptable that too many African American and Hispanic American children are stuck in →

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Inzelbuch’s Letter to Union Leaders Says Lakewood Isn’t Risking Covid Contagion With Full-Time In-Person Schools

njleftbehind August 3, 2020 5 Comments

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Below is a letter, dated yesterday, from Lakewood attorney Michael Inzelbuch to the leaders of →

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