The 35th Annual Phi Delta Kappa/Gallup Poll Of the Public's Attitudes Toward the Public Schools
Lowell C. Rose and Alec M. Gallup

The public sees itself as uninformed on NCLB ("NO CHILD LEFT BEHIND") with more than two-thirds saying they don't know enough to say whether they view the Act favorably or unfavorably. Forty percent say they know very little about NCLB, with an additional 36% saying they know nothing at all. Somewhat surprisingly, public school parents consider themselves just as uninformed as others. However, when queried on the strategies used in NCLB, the public's responses suggest that greater familiarity is likely to bring public disapproval. These are among the major findings of the 35th Annual Phi Delta Kappa/Gallup Poll of the Public's Attitudes Toward the Public Schools, which appears in the September 2003 issue of the Phi Delta Kappan.


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