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Elam, Stanley M. – Phi Delta Kappan, 1987
Summarizes major opinion differences between the general public and professional educators uncovered in the April 1987 "Phi Delta Kappan" Gallup Poll. Educators differed regarding biggest problems; improvement progress; community school ratings; the voucher system; organized prayer; parental choice of curricular materials; physical…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Community Attitudes, Educational Policy, Elementary Secondary Education
Peer reviewedNoe, Francis P.; Snow, Rob – Journal of Environmental Education, 1990
Examined were the responses of park visitors to the New Environmental Paradigm scale. Research methods, and results including reliabilities and factor analysis of the scales on the survey are discussed. (CW)
Descriptors: Community Attitudes, Conservation (Environment), Environmental Education, Postsecondary Education
Download full textMiller, Jon D. – 1985
This analysis examines the factors associated with a positive attitude toward the funding of local schools. Using data from a 1984 survey of 1,000 Illinois residents, the analysis found that attentiveness to local school issues was the strongest predictor of a positive attitude toward school spending. Suburban residents were less likely to be…
Descriptors: Community Attitudes, Elementary Secondary Education, Local Issues, Multivariate Analysis
Schroeder, William; And Others – 1983
During the summer of 1983, a team from Mankato State University, Minnesota, surveyed 65 community residents, 85 school staff and board members, and 337 grade 6-12 students to measure attitudes toward the effectiveness of the pairing of the Russell and Tyler (Minnesota) school districts which occurred at the beginning of the 1981-82 school year.…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Attitude Measures, Community Attitudes, Elementary Secondary Education
Goodis, Tracy Ann; Espenshade, Thomas J. – 1986
In 1980, 25% of the 14 million foreign-born persons in the United States were in California; 1.7 million of these were in Los Angeles County. Half of the 2.1 million undocumented immigrants counted in the 1980 United States Census lived in California, and about 75% of these were of Mexican origin. Results of a 1983 Urban Institute poll revealed…
Descriptors: Black Attitudes, Community Attitudes, Employment Patterns, Foreign Nationals
Heitzeg, Howard T. – 1987
This narrative about new and old technologies in communicating school election issues to the voting public discusses desktop publishing, word processing, television tapes, and public opinion sampling techniques. Groundwork involves understanding how campaigns are organized to determine appropriate application of technology to strategies and to…
Descriptors: Communications, Community Attitudes, Computers, Elementary Secondary Education
Bilow, Scott – 1986
The results of centralization of one of the larger "small-rural" school districts in New York State are examined in this case study. The demographics of Yorkville and the feelings and opinions that residents have about their communities and schools are discussed first. Next, the history of the school system since 1950, when the district…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Centralization, Change Strategies, Community Attitudes
