Confidence in Public Schools Hits New Low |
posted by: Cindy Omlin | June 21, 2012, 07:27 PM |
Everyone seems to be aware that the crisis in public education is getting worse. Despite a record level of spending in America, students from 16 countries are outperforming their American counterparts. To top it all off, 50% of teachers in the classroom today will be retiring in the next ten years. This is not the recipe for a well-educated public—and stakeholders are taking notice. According to a new Gallup poll conducted earlier this month, Americans are losing faith in public When Gallup first measured confidence in public schools in 1973, a solid 58% of citizens reported having confidence in the country's public education system. Since then, that statistic has steadily tracked downward. The current approval rate is down 5 percentage points from last year and is now under the previous low point of 33% approval in 2007 and 2008. On the heels of this poll and other startling The emotional scene was presented by the non-profit organization College Board to call upon presidential candidates to make education a prominent issue in the 2012 campaigns and to put the nation's schools back on track.
Originally posted by Alix at AAE.
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