Poll: N.J. voters say not enough state money spent on education
In a Rutgers-Eagleton Poll released this week, 59 percent of registered voters who responded said not enough was being spent on education, while 15 percent said too much was being spent.
"The spending results are consistent with our earlier polling," said David Redlawsk, director of the poll. "New Jerseyans generally support their schools and want to see them better funded, even while they want the state to cut back on funding in other areas."
That support for education is not unconditional, however. In the Rutgers poll, 90 percent said teachers should be tested for reading and math proficiency, and 70 percent said tenure was a "barrier to eliminating bad teachers." Still, 63 percent said they opposed basing a teacher's salary on test scores.
Twenty-six percent of the parents of school-age children among the respondents said budgets were the bigges
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