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Easing the bureaucratic burden on NJ public schools
More than a century ago, a county superintendent annually visited a public school in New Jersey to check its buildings (including outhouses), the “efficiency of the teachers,” and the “character, record and standing of the pupils.”
Jump cut 100 years and public schools — according to critics — are burdened by more than 1,000 pages of regulations and 1,200 of statute. And Gov. Chris Christie is the most recent governor to decide things have gone too far.
Yesterday, Christie launched the latest phase of his school reform agenda with a plan — or a loose timeline — for revising the rulebook.
“These requirements often come out of either a good idea that wasn’t implemented correctly or a bad idea that shouldn’t have been approved in the first place,” Christie said.
Christie will be doing a series of these events. Another is planned for today in Cherry Hill. (Mooney, NJ Spotlight)
