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Why school?48th annual PDK Pollof the Public’s Attitudes Toward the Public Schools

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The PDK Poll of the Public’s Attitudes Toward the Public Schools has been a trusted and independent source of information since 1969.

The poll occurs each May with results published in the September issue of Kappanmagazine.

The PDK poll is financed solely by the PDK Educational Foundation, which permits PDK to offer an independent and unbiased report of American public opinion.

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MethodologyThe 2016 poll was designed, managed, analyzed, and reported by Langer Research Associates of New York, N.Y.

• Random-‐digit-‐dialed telephone survey• 1,221 adults interviewed between April 27 and May 10,

2016• Margin of sampling error — Plus or minus 3.5

percentage points for the full sample, larger for subgroups

Learn more on the methodology page of the supplement or at pdkpoll.org.


Prepare students for

work 25%

Prepare students to be good citizens

26%Prepare students

academically 45%

Main goal of public educationNational totals, 2016


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Extremely/ very well

27%

Somewhat well40%

Not so well/ not at all

well30%

Standards prepare students

for success . . .

Too high7%

About right46%

Too low43%

Educational standards

are . . .

Are standards preparing students to succeed?

National totals, 2016


Support for increased property taxesNational totals, 2016

Supports increased property

taxes35%

Supports increased property

taxes70%

Opposes increased property

taxes64%

Opposes increased property

taxes29%

Confident higher taxes

will help schools improve

Not confident higher taxes

will help schools improve


Very satisfied 28%

Extremely satisfied

32%

Somewhat satisfied

23%

Not at all7% Not

so10%

Parents’ satisfaction with school efforts to keep them informed

Public school parents, 2016

Somewhat often 18%

Very often 28%

Occasionally 18%

Never27%

Rarely10%

How frequently parents can give input at school

Public school parents, 2016


Friends4%

Family38%

Self38%

Teachers19%

Source of oldest child’s pressure to do wellPublic school parents, 2016

Percentages may not equal 100 due to rounding.


Panelists

Dan CardinaliPresident and CEO, Independent Sector

John H. JacksonPresident and CEO, Schott Foundation

Chris MinnichExecutive Director, CCSSO-‐ Council of Chief State School Officers

Deborah DelisleExecutive Director and CEO, ASCD


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