The Quinnipiac University Poll out Thursday finds two-thirds of those surveyed want to tie teachers' pay to their performance. That's about the same number who say it should be easier to fire bad teachers.
Voters overall oppose more charter schools. Opposition is strongest in union households. Urban and black voters favor more charters.
Gov. Chris Christie and his nominee for education commissioner, Bret Schundler, are proponents of merit pay and school choice.
The telephone poll of 1,175 New Jersey voters was taken Jan. 13-18 and has a sampling error margin of plus or minus 2.9 percentage points.
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