Big Education Ape: 47th annual PDK/Gallup Poll of the Public’s Attitudes Toward the Public Schools.

Wednesday, September 16, 2015

47th annual PDK/Gallup Poll of the Public’s Attitudes Toward the Public Schools.

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The 2015 PDK/Gallup poll results
Testing doesn’t measure up for Americans. Read complete results from the 47th annual PDK/Gallup Poll of the Public’s Attitudes Toward the Public Schools.
Two views on testing opt-out
The civil rights community is divided into at least two camps on the value of testing. Read the pro and the con of testing.
Voucher growth outweighs support
The PDK/Gallup poll shows that Americans don’t support vouchers, but Kappan legal columnist Julie Underwood writes about how they’re the new growth industry in education.

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Testing doesn’t measure up for Americans

Americans look beyond testing when they evaluate schools.

Student engagement at school and whether students feel hopeful about their future are […]

Testing lacks public support

Measure engagement and student hope to determine school effectiveness.

In the last year, the grassroots opt-out movement, which encourages parents to […]

Common Core out of favor

Public says Common Core is not the solution to school woes.

Americans and public school parents named academic standards as one […]

Americans endorse choice

Charters and choice are OK, but the public does not support vouchers.

Many Americans have come to accept choice and charters […]

Americans love their local schools

Lack of financial support tops the list of problems facing local schools.

Americans consistently give the highest grades to the schools […]

Americans prefer state control, not federal

The public is still wary of the president and federal influence on schools.

Americans have become increasingly sensitive to who makes […]

Get the kids vaccinated!

Americans agreed that all children should be vaccinated before they attend public schools.

With vaccination so much in the news during […]