Friday, July 8, 2011

2011 Survey results: Teachers are dissatisfied with the chancellor, and parents want smaller classes more than ever!!

NYC Public School Parents: 2011 Survey results: Teachers are dissatisfied with the chancellor, and parents want smaller classes more than ever!!

2011 Survey results: Teachers are dissatisfied with the chancellor, and parents want smaller classes more than ever!!

The 2011 DOE learning environment surveys are out; here is where you can find the results for your child's school; here is the citywide summary; here are some charts.

Two findings that immediately stood out for me:


Teachers really didn't like Cathy Black and/or Walcott; above is a chart showing their feelings about the chancellor, when the survey closed on April 15. (Strangely, the DOE claims on p. 11 here that Walcott's tenure started on April 18; but actually he started April 7. ). The majority of teachers were unsatisfied or very