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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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