Senate President Steve Sweeney

The Christie Exception: When the Teachers Union Doesn’t Get Its Way

This piece is part of an ongoing series: Is the Teachers Union Too Powerful in New Jersey? As Lenape high school…

4 years ago

LILLEY: New Jersey Teachers Are Poorly Served By Their Union Leaders

The New Jersey Education Association, the state chapter of the largest teachers union in the country, boasted more than 200,000…

4 years ago

NJ Senate Bill Would Let Parents Choose for Their Child to Repeat This Year’s Grade

New Jersey Senators Shirley Turner (D-Mercer) and Patrick Diegnan (D-Middlesex) have introduced a bill that would allow parents/guardians to request…

4 years ago

Bipartisan Legislation Introduced to Encourage District Consolidation and Lower Property Taxes

This is a press release from New Jersey State Senators Steve Sweeney, Vin Gopal, and Declan O’Scanlon, who just introduced…

4 years ago

NJEducationAid: NJ Policy Perspective's Biased Research Is Misleading You About NJ Teacher Pensions.

As part of its advocacy for the New Jersey Education Association, the New Jersey Policy Perspective has put its imprimatur…

4 years ago

Did Murphy and NJEA’s Excellent Adventure Hit a Pothole?

Yesterday Governor Phil Murphy celebrated his victory -- signing a Legislature-approved nine-month budget of $32.7 billion that includes his millionaire’s…

4 years ago

Education Law Center: DIGITAL DIVIDE A VIOLATION OF STUDENTS’ CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS

Education Law Center, which litigated the Abbott v. Burke cases, issued this statement late yesterday, informing Gov. Murphy and the…

4 years ago

New Jersey Superintendents Decry the State’s “Lazy,” “Incomplete,” and “Contradictory” Guidance To Reopening Schools

The pattern was already there: New Jersey's Department of Education, when faced complex issues, punts instead. We've seen this with…

4 years ago

With Murphy In Recovery, NJEA and Sweeney Find Common Ground, Even If We’re Still Stuck With $700 Acupuncture Sessions.

“Sen. Sweeney decides what legislation can be moved,” [NJEA President Marie Blistan] said. “As you can see right now, we…

5 years ago

Is Phil Murphy Spending Too Much Time in the Italian Sun? How Else To Explain His Veto?

Maybe Phil Murphy needs to vacation in cooler climes in order to make fair decisions on school funding for New…

5 years ago