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Survey 1: Are Your Schools Successful?
How good a job do you feel your local public schools are doing at _____? An excellent, good, fair, poor, or very poor job? (Percent saying excellent or good)
| Urban Public | School Board Members | Workshop Participants | |
| Preparing students for college | 37% | 71% | |
| Teaching reading, writing and math | 49% | 69% | |
| Teaching computer skills | 48% | 65% | |
| Maintaining high academic standards | 39% | 53% | |
| Teaching student skills for the workplace | 36% | 59% | |
| Getting parents involved in education | 39% | 51% | |
| Hiring and keeping high-quality teachers | 41% | 68% | |
| Hiring and keeping high-quality principals | 38% | 79% | |
| Hiring and keeping high-quality superintendents | 36% | 65% | |
| Keeping violence and drugs out of schools | 33% | 82% | |
| Maintaining discipline among students | 32% | 72% | |
| Providing up-to-date textbooks | 37% | 65% | |
| Keeping school buildings clean and safe | 53% | 64% | |
| Teaching children who don't speak English | 30% | 62% | |
| Keeping class size small enough | 31% | 54% |
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