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(42KB)| Table 23. | Items most frequently cited by the general public as a major problem facing the local public schools: Selected years, 1970 to 2004 |
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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| 2004
__________________________________|_____|_____|_____|_____|_____|_____|_____|_____|_____|_____|_____|_____|_____|_____|_____|_____|_____|_____|_____|_____
1 | 2| 3| 4| 5| 6| 7| 8| 9| 10| 11| 12| 13| 14| 15| 16| 17| 18| 19| 20| 21
__________________________________|_____|_____|_____|_____|_____|_____|_____|_____|_____|_____|_____|_____|_____|_____|_____|_____|_____|_____|_____|_____
Lack of discipline ...............| 18| 23| 26| 25| 19| 19| 20| 17| 15| 18| 15| 15| 15| 14| 18| 15| 15| 17| 16| 10
Lack of financial support ........| 17| 14| 10| 9| 13| 13| 18| 22| 21| 13| 11| 13| 15| 12| 9| 18| 15| 23| 25| 21
Fighting/violence/gangs ..........| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | 9| 13| 18| 9| 14| 12| 15| 11| 11| 10| 9| 4| 6
Use of drugs .....................| 11| 9| 14| 18| 34| 38| 22| 22| 16| 11| 7| 16| 14| 10| 8| 9| 9| 13| 9| 7
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| 10
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 to 2004. (This table was prepared March 2005.)
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