Fifty-five percent of North Carolinians believe the state’s educational system is on the wrong track. If given a chance to select schools for their children, 34 percent of North Carolina voters would choose a traditional public school.
Those are two of the findings of a new poll by the Civitas Institute and the Friedman Foundation. The poll highlights a “disconnect” between where North Carolina children currently go to school and where — if given a choice — parents would like their children to attend school.
The poll results, and their implications will be the subject of a September 18th noontime luncheon discussion by education reform experts and North Carolina law makers. Speakers include Paul Di Perna, (Friedman Foundation) , Lindsey Burke, (Heritage Foundation) and Terry Stoops (John Locke Foundation).
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The full poll results will be available on the Civitas web site on Thursday.
Goodnight. Of course the public thinks this – they are fed this night and day by a few billionaires that own media and want nothing more than a dismantled public education so they can privatize and make yet another buck.
Interesting as another recent survey contrasted the opinions of people about local and state conditions of public schools, and overwhelmingly, responders liked their local public schools but thought state-wide, and nationally, public schools were by-and-large failing. It’s shows the power of media in selling lies.