Where We Are Now: 12 Things You Need to Know About Public Opinion and Public Schools

Publication Date: August 2003

Publisher: Public Agenda Foundation

Author(s): Ann Duffett; Jackie Vine; Leslie Moye; Jean Johnson

Research Area: Education

Type: Report

Abstract:

A digest of a decade of Public Agenda opinion research on public education. Our review found that the standards movement is in full sway in American schools, and support for higher standards and accountability remains solid among teachers, parents and students. But beneath the surface, teachers are discouraged, administrators are besieged by politics and many teachers and students worry about an unruly, disrespectful and sometimes violent atmosphere in American high schools.