Teacher Salaries

Paterson School Board Caught in Friendly Fire During Teacher Salary Negotiations

Last week the Paterson Education Association, a local bargaining unit of NJEA, announced its negotiating team had declared an impasse…

2 years ago

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

Last week Mike Lilley of Sunlight Policy Center published the startling news that in 2019 state teachers union executive director…

2 years ago

STATEAIDGUY: Sure, NJEA’s Powerful, But NJ Teachers Don’t See Much Benefit In Their Paychecks

Public sector unions want their members to believe that their union membership and the dues they pay are worth it…

2 years ago

Paterson Teachers Union Negotiations Stall As District Refuses to Address Salaries

(This is a press release.) Fueled by the Paterson Board of Education’s unwillingness to address the ongoing wage gap within…

2 years ago

NJ Teacher: Meddling Parents and School Boards Are Driving Teachers to Quit

This is a letter by retired New Jersey teacher Freya Gervasi of Denville. Regarding the recent op-ed, “N.J. needs policies that…

2 years ago

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

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

2 years ago

LILLEY: New Jersey, Listen Up–This Is Why We Have a Teacher Shortage

New Jersey school administrators sound the alarm about teacher shortages. The U.S. Department of Education says New Jersey has a…

2 years ago

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

Today Mike Lilley of the Sunlight Policy Center of New Jersey released a new report called "Teaching in New Jersey's…

2 years ago

BREAKING: Newark District Celebrates New Teacher Contract, With Starting Salaries Bumped to $62K Plus Bonuses

(Ed. note: this is a press release from Newark Public Schools District. The current average teacher salary in New Jersey…

2 years ago

Montclair Superintendent Surprises Everyone–Including the School Board–With 83 Staff Cuts

To the surprise of Montclair families, teachers, and support personnel, Superintendent Jonathan Ponds just announced that the district has issued…

3 years ago