ShareThisThe following are selected findings from a survey of 1,003 adults conducted by the Scripps Survey Research Center at Ohio University from May 11-28.Charter schools are public schools operating with tax dollars but also are allowed to function independently from their local school districts as long as they meet state standards. Do you favor or oppose the idea of charter schools, or do you not know enough about them to have an opinion?Favor Idea .............. 38Oppose Idea ............. 18Don't Know Enough ....... 42Other Response ........... 2Some charter schools are operated by for-profit corporations. Do you think that is a good idea or a bad idea?Good Idea ............... 30Bad Idea ................ 36Don't Know .............. 32Other Response ........... 2There are now thousands of charter schools in the United States. If you had to guess, are students in these schools doing better on their achievement tests than kids at traditional public schools or are they doing worse than kids at traditional schools?Charter Kids Do Better .. 43Charter Kids Do Worse ... 11Don't Know .............. 39Other Response ........... 7How much do you know about charter schools? Do you know quite a bit about them, do you know a little about them or do you know almost nothing about them?Know Quite A Bit ....... 16Know A Little .......... 35Know Almost Nothing .... 41Don't Know/Other ........ 8(Distributed by Scripps Howard News Service, http://www.scrippsnews.com)
Details on the Scripps survey about charter schools
Submitted by SHNS on Fri, 10/31/2008 - 09:52
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