The people reveal fears about "crime in the schools" and offer opinions on treatment of "noninterested" and recalcitrant students, training for citizenship, sports participation by girls, teacher tenure, four proposed constitutional amendments, and on many other questions. (Editors)

THE FOCUS OF THIS STUDY WAS TO DETERMINE THE ROLE OF THE TEACHER IN THE PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM AND IN COMMUNITY LIFE. THE OBJECTIVES WERE TO IDENTIFY THE TEACHER'S ROLE AS HE SEES IT AND AS IT IS SEEN BY OTHER KINDS OF PEOPLE HAVING A SPECIAL INTEREST IN PUBLIC EDUCATION, AND TO DISCOVER AND ANALYZE THE CONFLICTS AND THE AGREEMENTS AMONG PUBLIC…

The Measure of Attitudes Toward Education is described in this article. This instrument, which can be used by both educational practitioners and researchers, taps public opinion in three areas: teacher-related issues, organizational efficiency, and administrative effectiveness. (DS)

Some of the New Right's criticisms of our education system, particularly those relating to sex and values education, reflect legitimate discontent in the wider population. School officials should be prepared to explain and defend their choice of curriculum materials; the best support for the public schools is an informed public. (Author/GC)

A feasibility study was made of the Gallup/Kettering plan for support in locally conducted surveys of public opinion about the public schools by implementing the plan in Richmond, Virginia. The methods used in the local survey, as well as the findings and conclusions of the feasibility study, are reported in this document. A related document is ED…

This survey of public opinion about Chicago Public Schools charts responses in the following areas: (1) general evaluation of the public schools; (2) grading the staff; (3) the biggest problems facing Chicago schools; (4) a range of proposed reforms; and (5) finances. Characteristics of the respondents and public school parents also are plotted.…

This study compared the findings of the 1969-76 Gallup polls on education with findings from three Canadian surveys on attitudes toward public schools. The Canadian studies were done in 1973, 1975, and 1976 in two large suburban school districts in Vancouver, British Columbia. In each of the Canadian surveys 200-250 adults were interviewed. Both…

The Teachers College at Emporia State University sponsors a biennial survey measuring the attitudes of Kansans toward their public schools. The results of the 1989 survey are reported here (the survey was patterned after the national Gallop Poll on public education). The report opens with details of the research procedures, which includes…

The Teachers College at Emporia State University sponsors a biennial survey measuring the attitudes of Kansans toward their public schools. The results of the 1991 survey are reported here (the survey was patterned after the national Gallop Poll on public education). The report opens with details of the research procedures, which includes…

The Teachers College at Emporia State University sponsors a biennial survey to measure the attitudes of Kansans toward their public schools. The results of the 1993 survey are reported here (the survey was patterned after the National Gallop Poll on public education). The report opens with details of the research procedures, which includes…

During the months of November 1987 through February 1988, the Colorado Springs Public Schools, District 11, designed and implemented a community survey. The survey was conducted to determine community perceptions of public education in the district, assess community expectations for the schools, determine community attitudes toward current…

To determine the public perception of schools and school leaders, this study questioned people with knowledge of and opinions about their local schools, allowing open-ended responses to a question about confidence in their schools: "What are the sources of your confidence in this school (or school district)?" Although data are incomplete and…

Explanations are sought for Western Australia's disillusionment during the Great Depression with the state's education system and subsequent policies to impose accountability and economy and foster a utilitarian emphasis in the curricula. Community attitudes in the 1930s resemble those during the recession of the 1970s. (MSE)