Table 24. | Public opinion of public and private school choice: 1989 to 1999 |
______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | Percent who favor position |____________________________________________________________________ | | | | | | | | | 1999 | | | | | | | | |___________________________ Question |1989|1990|1991|1993|1995|1996|1997|1998 | | No | Public | | | | | | | | | |children | school | | | | | | | | |Total |in school| parents _________________________________________|____|____|____|____|____|____|____|_____|_______|_________|_________ 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 _________________________________________|____|____|____|____|____|____|____|_____|_______|_________|_________ | | | | | | | | | | | Do you favor or oppose allowing | | | | | | | | | | | students and their parents to | | | | | | | | | | | choose which public schools in the | | | | | | | | | | | community the students attend | | | | | | | | | | | regardless of where they live?.........| 60 | 62 | 62 | 65 | 69 |--- |--- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | | | | | | | | | | Do you favor or oppose allowing | | | | | | | | | | | students and parents to choose | | | | | | | | | | | a private school to attend at | | | | | | | | | | | public expense?........................|--- |--- | 26 | 24 | 33 | 36 | 44 | 44 | 41 | 38 | 45 | | | | | | | | | | | Do you think private schools that accept | | | | | | | | | | | government tuition payments for | | | | | | | | | | | these students should be accountable | | | | | | | | | | | to public authorities or not?..........| | | | | | | | | | | Yes, should be accountable...........|--- |--- |--- | 63 | 73 |--- |--- | 75 | 77 | 77 | 79 No, should not be accountable........|--- |--- |--- | 34 | 24 |--- |--- | 20 | 21 | 21 | 18 Don't know...........................|--- |--- |--- | 3 | 3 |--- |--- | 5 | 2 | 2 | 3 _________________________________________|____|____|____|____|____|____|____|_____|_______|_________|_________ |
---Not available. SOURCE: Phi Delta Kappa, "The Annual Gallup Poll of the Public's Attitudes Toward the Public Schools," various years. (This table was prepared September 1999.)
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