Pennsylvania’s auditor general last week assailed the state education department as slow to change, beset by apathy, and mired in what he called “bureaucratic ineptness.”
In an 81-page report summary, Eugene DePasquale slammed the department for doing little or nothing to help improve 561 schools it identified as low-performing two years ago, not updating its master education plan in 16 years, and letting a former education secretary collect a $140,000 consulting paycheck for essentially doing no work.
A department spokeswoman said officials had reviewed the findings and would be taking steps to implement corrections.
