The dysfunction continues

The state has managed to mess up another federal education grant.

While I disagree that the grants — a Race to the Top grant and a charter school grant — have much merit, I think the failure to fill follow simple rules and follow through on grant applications does not bode well for the state.

It is easy to blame Gov. Chris Christie for this — and he deserves significant blame — but his predecessor and the entire bureaucracy at the Department of Education shouldn’t get off scott-free.

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Hank Kalet is a poet and freelance journalist. He is the economic needs reporter for NJ Spotlight, teaches journalism at Rutgers University and writing at Middlesex County College and Brookdale Community College. He writes a semi-monthly column for the Progressive Populist. He is a lifelong fan of the New York Mets and New York Knicks, drinks too much coffee and attends as many Bruce Springsteen concerts as his meager finances will allow. He lives in South Brunswick with his wife Annie. View all posts by hankkalet