Confidence in America’s public schools has hit a record low,
with only 29 percent of respondents expressing “a great deal” or “quite
a lot” of confidence in them, according to results from a recent Gallup
poll.
The number is down 5 percentage points from last year, and represents a 4 percent decrease from the previous low of 33 percent in 2007 and 2008.
Public schools rank eighth -- tied with the criminal justice system -- among 16 confidence categories that Gallup studies. Its position is unchanged from last year, and once again follows the presidency and U.S. Supreme Court, and ranks ahead of newspapers.
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Yet they gain more than 50% of your tax dollars. Think about this for a while...
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