Download or read book Public Opinion Polls on American Education written by National Education Association of the United States. Research Division and published by . This book was released on 1958 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book In the Public Eye written by and published by . This book was released on 1985 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Ten Thousand Democracies written by Michael B. Berkman and published by Georgetown University Press. This book was released on 2005 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides the most extensive examination of democratic control of American public schools. Beginning with a look at educational reforms from the Progressive era in the late 19th and early 20th centuries through the civil rights movement and ending with Pennsylvania's 2004 tax relief measure, Berkman and Plutzer explore what factors determine education spending levels in school districts, including the effects of public opinion, the nature of local political institutions, and the roles played by special interests. The authors show how board members are selected, how well the boards represent minorities, whether the public can bypass the board through referenda, and how the schools are financed. By providing an innovative statistical portrait of the nations' 10,000 school districts, they answer questions central to democtratic control of our schools: how responsive are school boards to their public and when? How powerful are such special interests such as teachers' unions and senior citizens? Among their findings are the correlation of race, age, and home owner status with support for increased funding, that African Americans are more supportive than other races of educational spending, and that senior citizens with longstanding ties to their communities support school budgets. Their statistical method combining public opinion data with Census data is important and innovative, but the hard-core statistics are presented in appendices to make the text accessible to a wider audience.
Download or read book Public Vs Nonpublic Schools written by and published by . This book was released on 1984 with total page 22 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Learn Vote Act The Public s Responsibility for Public Education 2004 National Survey of Public Opinion written by Public Education Network, Washington, DC. and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 20 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Over the past several years, Public Education Network and Education Week (PEN/Ed Week) have systematically explored the degree to which the American public takes responsibility for quality public education, and the degree to which the public holds itself and its elected officials accountable for promoting policies that support quality education for all children. This document examines the priority the public places on education, what voters want from elected officials, and what citizens, including the 75 percent of adults who do not have children in school, have done and are willing to do to improve public education. The national public opinion poll of 1,050 registered voters was conducted by Lake Snell Perry and Associates during the week of January 26?30, 2004. The report includes analysis of a base of 800 male and female voters with an oversample of 125 registered African Americans and 125 registered Latino voters, and also includes information from three focus groups of African Americans, Latinos, and whites, with and without children. The margin of error is +/- 3.5 percent. The poll used a split sample technique on specific questions or series of questions to track reactions to different information or language on similar topics. Results reveal that the American public continues to see education as a vital national priority, an important investment in the future, and a major issue in the upcoming local, state, and national elections. In 2004, a time of war and concern over joblessness, the economy, and healthcare, education is nonetheless at the top of the public's "to-do" list.
Download or read book What Should Our Schools Do written by Paul R. Mort and published by . This book was released on 1946 with total page 14 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Illusion of Public Opinion written by George F. Bishop and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2005 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In a rigorous critique of public opinion polling in the U.S., George F. Bishop makes the case that a lot of what passes as "public opinion" in mass media today is an illusion, an artifact of measurement created by vague or misleading survey questions presented to respondents who typically construct their opinions on the spot. Using evidence from a wide variety of data sources, Bishop shows that widespread public ignorance and poorly informed opinions are the norm rather than definitive public opinion on key political, social, and cultural issues of the day. The Illusion of Public Opinion presents a number of cautionary tales about how American public opinion has supposedly changed since 9/11, amplified by additional examples on other occasions drawn from the American National Election Studies. Bishop's analysis of the pitfalls of asking survey questions and interpreting poll results leads the reader to a more skeptical appreciation of the art and science of public opinion polling as it is practiced today.
Download or read book Public Opinions about Education written by Francis B. Evans and published by . This book was released on 1976 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Public Opinion Polls and Survey Research written by Graham R. Walden and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-07-16 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First Published in 1990. The decade of the 1980s witnessed an increasing use of polls and surveys as well as an expanded research effort into public opinion polls and survey research from the economic, historical, legal, methodological, organizational, and political viewpoints. The purpose of this volume is to provide a resource for practitioners, researchers, students, librarians, and others seeking access to this interdisciplinary literature. Instructional guides, handbooks, reference works, textbooks, research studies, and evaluative and critical studies on public opinion polls and survey research published since 1980 are included in this bibliography.
Download or read book The Teacher NEA and the Quality of Education written by National Education Association of the United States. Special Committee on National Public Relations and published by . This book was released on 1978 with total page 58 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book American Government 3e written by Glen Krutz and published by . This book was released on 2023-05-12 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Black & white print. American Government 3e aligns with the topics and objectives of many government courses. Faculty involved in the project have endeavored to make government workings, issues, debates, and impacts meaningful and memorable to students while maintaining the conceptual coverage and rigor inherent in the subject. With this objective in mind, the content of this textbook has been developed and arranged to provide a logical progression from the fundamental principles of institutional design at the founding, to avenues of political participation, to thorough coverage of the political structures that constitute American government. The book builds upon what students have already learned and emphasizes connections between topics as well as between theory and applications. The goal of each section is to enable students not just to recognize concepts, but to work with them in ways that will be useful in later courses, future careers, and as engaged citizens. In order to help students understand the ways that government, society, and individuals interconnect, the revision includes more examples and details regarding the lived experiences of diverse groups and communities within the United States. The authors and reviewers sought to strike a balance between confronting the negative and harmful elements of American government, history, and current events, while demonstrating progress in overcoming them. In doing so, the approach seeks to provide instructors with ample opportunities to open discussions, extend and update concepts, and drive deeper engagement.
Download or read book Public Opinion and the Political Economy of Education Policy around the World written by Martin R. West and published by MIT Press. This book was released on 2021-04-27 with total page 293 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Comparative analyses of the influence of public opinion on education policy in developed countries. Although research has suggested a variety of changes to education policy that have the potential to improve educational outcomes, politicians are often reluctant to implement such evidence-based reforms. Public opinion and pressure by interest groups would seem to have a greater role in shaping education policy than insights drawn from empirical data. The construction of a comparative political economy of education that seeks to explain policy differences among nations is long overdue. This book offers the first comparative inventory and analysis of public opinion and education in developed countries, drawing on data primarily from Europe and the United States.
Download or read book Polling Matters written by Frank Newport and published by Grand Central Publishing. This book was released on 2004-07-30 with total page 205 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From The Gallup Organization-the most respected source on the subject-comes a fascinating look at the importance of measuring public opinion in modern society. For years, public-opinion polls have been a valuable tool for gauging the positions of American citizens on a wide variety of topics. Polling applies scientific principles to understanding and anticipating the insights, emotions, and attitudes of society. Now in POLLING MATTERS: Why Leaders Must Listen to the Wisdom of the People, The Gallup Organization reveals: What polls really are and how they are conducted Why the information polls provide is so vitally important to modern society today How this valuable information can be used more effectively and more...
Download or read book Gallup Polls of Attitudes Toward Education 1969 1984 written by Stanley Munson Elam and published by . This book was released on 1984 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This report is a summary of the results of annual Gallup Polls of the Public's Attitude Toward the Public Schools of the United States for the years 1969 through 1983. A full report of the 1984 poll is included. The items have been arranged topically so that the user can identify and follow trends more readily. Some questions have been asked repeatedly over the years. Only one question, "What are the problems of your local schools?", has been asked in every poll. The year in which a question was asked is listed after the question, and related questions are grouped together. The topics covered in the survey include public awareness; perceived importance of educations; goals; school quality and improvement; innovations; finances; government and schools; private and parochial schools; curriculum and materials; computers; homework; extracurricular activities; testing; attendance; uninterested, handicapped, or special students; student self-evaluation; discipline; drugs, alcohol, and smoking; crime; student rights; racial issues; parents, teachers, administrators, and school boards; colleges; youth unemployment; adult education; preschool; and the National Commission on Excellence in Education. (DWH)
Download or read book Opinion Conflict and School Support written by Frederick Thornton Rope and published by . This book was released on 1941 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Available Evidence on Public Attitudes Toward Education written by John Shelton Reed and published by . This book was released on 1977 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Education Public Confidence and the Legitimacy of the Modern State written by Hans N. Weiler and published by . This book was released on 1982 with total page 58 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
