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Hawkins, Robert B., Jr. – Sequoia Advisories, 1982
For the last 10 years, polling data have recorded a consistent decline in the American citizen's support for public education. While public schools experienced an 8 percent decline in enrollment between 1968 and 1978, private school enrollment grew by 12 percent. The decline in quality of public education over the last 50 years appears strongly…
Descriptors: Citizen Participation, Citizenship Responsibility, Civil Liberties, Educational Improvement