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Superintendent survey gives low grades to NJ education department
Back in the spring, acting education commissioner Chris Cerf approached the state’s superintendents association about organizing a no-holds-barred survey of its members.
All 580 of the state’s district superintendents would be polled on what they like and dislike about the state education department, which is charged with monitoring, supporting, and regulating their public schools. There would be 66 questions in all, and a comments section.
Well, the results are back, and they’re not pretty.
Cool relations between Gov. Chris Christie’s administration and the field are nothing new, but superintendents — 408 responded in the end — gave low grades to the department in nearly every regard, from all the paperwork it requires to the quality and usefulness of the data it gives back. (Mooney, NJ Spotlight)
