Monday, September 09, 2013

Grading the Public Schools: 2013

Every year for 45 years PDK/Gallup has surveyed the public's attitudes toward public schools. And every year it finds a disconnect between how Americans feel about public schools in general and how they feel about public schools in their community. This year is no different.

When asked what grade they would give public schools nationally, only 18 percent of Americans say they would give schools a grade of A or B. When asked how they would grade public schools in their community, a much larger 53 percent would give them an A or B. When parents with children in public school are asked how they would grade the school their oldest child attends, fully 71 percent say they would give the school a grade of A or B. In public education, familiarity breeds content.

Source: 2013 PDK/Gallup Poll of the Public's Attitudes toward the Public Schools

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