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Saturday, November 19, 2011

CHARTER SCHOOLS IMPRESS HALF OF CALIFORNIA VOTERS BUT 64% FAVOR MORE INVESTMENT IN TRADITIONAL SCHOOLS + Poll results + smf’s 2¢

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CHARTER SCHOOLS IMPRESS HALF OF CALIFORNIA VOTERS BUT 64% FAVOR MORE INVESTMENT IN TRADITIONAL SCHOOLS + Poll results + smf’s 2¢

In the USC Dornsife/Los Angeles Times poll, 52% of respondents had a favorable opinion of charter schools. But voters overall opposed supporting charters at the expense of resources for traditional schools.

BY HOWARD BLUME, LOS ANGELES TIMES | HTTP://LAT.MS/SXXXEB

2cents

smf:

  • Polls do not reveal the facts, the truth or reality – they reveal the polled population's perceptions of those things.
  • Polling, even so-called Scientific Polling, is selective statistical analysis.
    • Using enhanced interrogation techniques the data