|
|
Education Issues
Rick Newcomb (rickn@TENET.EDU)
Sun, 18 Sep 1994 10:27:46 -0500
Opinions to Phi Delta Kappa 1993 Annual Poll
I am taking a graduate level Curriculum and Instruction class in San Antonio, Texas, and as part of our course work, I need to solicit responses
to all five of the Phi Delta Kappa poll questions listed below. I would
appreciate your response ASAP.
Please provide the following participant information data:
Age:
Sex:
Race:
Occupation:
Region: East, Midwest, South, West
Community Size: Urban, Suburban, Rural
Educational level (highest level completed):
Do You Have Children?: yes no
Children in School: No. in Public, No. in Private, None in school
Question # 1 In your opinion, how much does the amount of money
spent on a public school student's education affect the quality of his
or her education?
a great deal
quite a lot
not too much
or not at all
Question # 2 The quality of the public schools varies greatly from
community to community and from state to state because of
differences in the amount of taxes taken in to support the schools. Do you think more should be done to improve the quality of the public
schools in the poorer states and in the poorer communities or not?
yes
no
don't know
Question #3 Would you be willing or not willing to pay more taxes
to improve the quality of the public schools in the poorer states and
poorer communities?
willing
not willing
don't know
Question #4 How important do you think it is to improve the
nation's Inner-city schools?
very important
fairly important
not very important
not important at all
don't know
Question #5 Would you be willing on not willing to pay more federal
taxes to improve the quality of the nation's inner-city schools?
yes, willing
no, not willing
don't know
Liz Newcomb
UTSA
San Antonio, TX
|