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Gallup, Alex M.; Elam, Stanley M. – Phi Delta Kappan, 1988
In the 1988 Gallup Poll, 32 percent of interviewees called student drug use the most important problem facing local public schools, with lack of discipline a close second. This article summarizes respondents' attitudes toward AIDS education, latch-key programs, higher taxes, racial integration, year round schooling, reduced class size, home…
Descriptors: Attitude Measures, Community Attitudes, Elementary Secondary Education, Public Schools
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
Elam, Stanley M.; Gallup, Alec M. – Phi Delta Kappan, 1989
According to the 21st annual Gallup/Phi Delta Kappa poll, the public favors school choice, a more standardized national curriculum, improvement of public school quality in poorer and innercity areas, reduction of class size in early grades, afternoon school and summer programs for children of working parents, and increased state and federal…
Descriptors: Community Attitudes, Educational Equity (Finance), Elementary Secondary Education, Public Opinion
