| Table 23. | Items most frequently cited by the general public as a major problem facing the local public schools: Selected years, 1970 to 2003 |
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| Percent
Problem |_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
|1970 |1975 |1980 |1985 |1989 |1990 |1991 |1992 |1993 |1994 |1995 |1996 |1997 |1998 |1999 |2000 |2001 |2002 |2003
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20
____________________________________|_____|_____|_____|_____|_____|_____|_____|_____|_____|_____|_____|_____|_____|_____|_____|_____|_____|_____|_____
Lack of discipline .................| 18| 23| 26| 25| 19| 19| 20| 17| 15| 18| 15| 15| 15| 14| 18| 15| 15| 17| 16
Lack of financial support ..........| 17| 14| 10| 9| 13| 13| 18| 22| 21| 13| 11| 13| 15| 12| 9| 18| 15| 23| 25
Fighting/violence/gangs ............| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | 9| 13| 18| 9| 14| 12| 15| 11| 11| 10| 9| 4
Use of drugs .......................| 11| 9| 14| 18| 34| 38| 22| 22| 16| 11| 7| 16| 14| 10| 8| 9| 9| 13| 9
Standards/quality of education .....| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | 8| 4| --- | 8| 6| 2| 5| --- | --- | 4
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Large schools/overcrowding .........| --- | 10| 7| 5| 8| 7| 9| 9| 8| 7| 3| 8| 8| 8| 8| 12| 10| 17| 14
Lack of respect ....................| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | 3| 3| 2| --- | 2| 2| 2| --- | --- | ---
Lack of family structure/ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
problems of home life ............| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | 5| 3| 4| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | ---
Crime/vandalism ....................| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | 4| 2| 3| --- | 2| 5| 5| --- | --- | ---
Getting good teachers ..............| 12| 11| 6| 10| 7| 7| 11| 5| 5| 3| 2| 3| 3| 5| 4| 4| 6| 8| 5
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Parents' lack of interest ..........| 3| 2| 6| 3| 6| 4| 7| 5| 4| 3| 2| --- | --- | 2| 4| 4| --- | --- | ---
Poor curriculum/standards ..........| 6| 5| 11| 11| 8| 8| 10| 9| 9| 3| 2| 3| --- | 1| 2| 2| --- | --- | ---
Pupils' lack of interest/truancy ...| --- | 3| 5| 5| 3| 6| 5| 3| 4| 3| 2| 5| 6| 5| 2| --- | --- | --- | ---
Integration/segregation/ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
racial discrimination.............| 17| 15| 10| 4| 4| 5| 5| 4| 4| 3| 2| 2| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | ---
Management of funds/programs........| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | 2| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | ---
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Moral standards ....................| --- | --- | --- | 2| 3| 3| 3| 4| 3| --- | --- | --- | --- | 2| 2| --- | --- | --- | ---
Low teacher pay ....................| --- | --- | --- | 2| 4| 6| 4| 3| 3| --- | --- | --- | --- | 2| 2| 4| --- | --- | 4
Teachers' lack of interest .........| --- | --- | 6| 4| 4| 4| 2| 2| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | ---
Drinking/alcoholism ................| --- | --- | 2| 3| 4| 4| 2| 2| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | ---
Lack of proper facilities ..........| 11| 3| 2| 1| 1| 2| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | ---
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| ---Not available. NOTE: Respondents were permitted to select multiple or no major problems. SOURCE: Phi Delta Kappa, Phi Delta Kappan "The Annual Gallup Poll of the Public's Attitudes Toward the Public Schools," selected years 1970-2003. (This table was prepared August 2003.)
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