| Issue |
Parents |
Public School Teachers |
| Bush's school voucher program |
Only 35% opposed |
|
| Gun control |
11% want more "gun control" |
We have to get rid of guns |
| School discipline |
84% are concerned about school discipline |
|
| Fear for safety of children at school |
45% are worried |
|
| Prayers at graduation ceremonies |
80% favor |
NO |
| Presence of religion in public schools |
63% think there is too little |
"It's a violation of separation of church and
state". |
| Quality of public school system |
Only 37% think it's acceptable |
"Why else would so many people come to the US?" |
| Prefer children go to private/parochial school |
55% prefer private/parochial |
|
| Use race
as factor in admissions to college |
87% opposed |
Universities ignore taxpayers and use race anyway |
| Prayer in public schools |
69% want a proposition |
Opposed, so prayer is against the law |
| School vouchers |
56% want them |
Opposed |
| National standardized test |
75% want them |
Opposed |
| Believe public education is worse |
54% believe schools are now worse |
Don't have a clue |
| Want smaller class sizes |
4% want smaller class sizes |
Making them as small as possible |
| Character education |
90% want it taught in class |
Don't teach it |
| Teaching homosexuality as an alternative lifestyle
|
61% OPPOSED |
Teach it anyway |
| Teach creation |
81% want creation taught in class |
Illegal |
| Adverse peer pressure |
64% believe it is serious problem |
Perceive no problem |
