What Americans Think about Their Schools: The 2007 "Education Next"-PEPG Survey

Autor/inn/en	Howell, William G.; West, Martin R.; Peterson, Paul E.
Titel	What Americans Think about Their Schools: The 2007 "Education Next"-PEPG Survey
Quelle	In: Education Next, 7 (2007) 4, S.12-26 (15 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
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Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1539-9664
Schlagwörter	Quantitative Daten; School Policy; Federal Legislation; Ethnic Groups; Educational Change; Tax Credits; Public Opinion; Public Education; Private Schools; Low Income; Merit Pay; Educational Vouchers; Accountability; National Surveys; Teacher Effectiveness; National Standards; School Choice; Charter Schools; Public Schools + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Schulpolitik; Bundesrecht; Ethnie; Bildungsreform; Steuerermäßigung; Öffentliche Meinung; Öffentliche Erziehung; Private school; Privatschule; Niedriglohn; Leistungszulage; Educational voucher; Bildungsgutschein; Verantwortung; Effectiveness of teaching; Instructional effectiveness; Lehrerleistung; Unterrichtserfolg; Choice of school; Schulwahl; Charter school; Charter-Schule; Public school; Öffentliche Schule
Abstract	Americans both care about their schools and want them to improve. Though adults give the nation's public schools only mediocre grades, they are willing to invest more money in public education and they are reasonably confident that doing so will improve student learning. They are also open to a host of school reforms ranging from high-stakes student accountability to merit pay for teachers to school vouchers and tax credits that would give low-income families greater access to private schools. By sizable margins, they back reauthorization of No Child Left Behind, the federal law that mandates school accountability. The public, however, also appears selective in its desire for change. Americans balk at some market-based reforms, such as paying more for teachers who work in fields like math and science, where quality teachers are in scarce supply. And substantial percentages remain undecided about charter schools and other reform initiatives, suggesting that the current national debate over school policy has the potential to sway public opinion in one direction or another. All this--and more--is indicated by a new national survey of U.S. adults conducted under the auspices of "Education Next" and the Program on Education Policy and Governance at Harvard University. Here, the authors report the opinions of both the public at large and three ethnic subgroups (whites, African Americans, and Hispanics). They also distinguish the views of those who have worked for the public schools from those who have not. Except for opinions on school choice issues, differences across ethnic groups are generally smaller than those between public school employees and those who have never been employed by the schools. Responses to survey questions are presented. (Contains 9 figures.) (ERIC).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10