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Rose, Lowell C. | 4 |
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Rose, Lowell C.; Gallup, Alec M. – Education Next, 2002
Response to Terry Moe's published claim that certain results of 2001 Phi Delta Kappa/Gallup poll of the public's attitude toward education underrepresented public support for educational vouchers. (PKP)
Descriptors: Educational Vouchers, Elementary Secondary Education, Politics of Education, Public Opinion
Rose, Lowell C.; Gallup, Alec M. – Phi Delta Kappan, 1999
Public support for improving public schools over seeking alternatives remains high (70%). Opposition to private contracting is growing. Fully 79% of public-school parents think schools effectively prepare students for the labor market; 72% want higher promotion standards. Inadequate discipline, violence, and scanty funding remain top problems.…
Descriptors: Educational Improvement, Educational Vouchers, Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Programs
Rose, Lowell C.; Gallup, Alec M. – Phi Delta Kappan, 1998
The public continues to oppose allowing students and parents to choose a private school to attend at public expense, but favors government-paid tuition for students choosing to attend any public, private, or religious school. The public assigns local schools passing grades, likes schools' size, favors school prayer, and wants innercity schools to…
Descriptors: Educational Finance, Educational Vouchers, Elementary Secondary Education, Family School Relationship
Rose, Lowell C.; Gallup, Alec M. – Phi Delta Kappan, 2000
The 2000 poll shows substantial public satisfaction with public schools; willingness to improve the existing system; eroding support for high-stakes testing and for private- and religious-school choice; insufficient financial support as schools' biggest problem; and parents as having greater influence than teachers over student performance. (MLH)
Descriptors: Accountability, Charter Schools, Educational Improvement, Educational Quality