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| Percent of teachers indicating item is a serious problem
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| Public school teachers | Private school teachers
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|1990-91| 1993-94 |1990-91| 1993-94
Problem area |-------|------------------------------------|-------|------------------------------------
| | |Elementary|Secondary|Combined| | |Elementary|Secondary|Combined
| Total |Total | schools | schools |schools | Total |Total | schools | schools |schools
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11
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Student tardiness .................| 11.2 | 10.5 | 6.3 | 18.3 | 7.8 | 3.4 | 2.6 | 1.8 | 4.3 | 2.6
Student absenteeism ...............| 14.1 | 14.4 | 7.2 | 27.1 | 15.0 | 2.6 | 2.2 | 0.8 | 5.2 | 2.7
Teacher absenteeism ...............| 1.6 | 1.5 | 1.3 | 1.9 | 2.0 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 0.7 | 1.2 | 0.9
Students cutting class ............| 4.6 | 5.1 | 1.3 | 11.9 | 4.6 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 2.4 | 0.7
Physical conflicts among students .| 6.5 | 8.2 | 7.8 | 8.6 | 8.1 | 1.1 | 1.5 | 0.9 | 2.1 | 2.1
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Robbery or theft ..................| 3.4 | 4.1 | 3.0 | 5.8 | 3.6 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.4 | 1.4 | 1.1
Vandalism of school property ......| 5.4 | 6.7 | 5.2 | 9.0 | 5.9 | 0.9 | 1.2 | 0.9 | 2.0 | 1.2
Student pregnancy .................| 6.4 | 7.3 | 1.1 | 18.4 | 10.1 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 1.1 | 0.4
Student use of alcohol ............| 8.2 | 9.3 | 1.6 | 23.1 | 14.2 | 2.4 | 3.1 | 0.3 | 11.0 | 2.7
Student drug abuse ................| 4.2 | 5.7 | 1.0 | 14.2 | 7.1 | 0.5 | 1.3 | 0.2 | 4.0 | 1.4
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Student possession of weapons .....| 1.2 | 2.8 | 1.2 | 5.6 | 2.7 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.6 | 0.3
Verbal abuse of teachers ..........| 7.5 | 11.1 | 8.6 | 14.8 | 14.3 | 1.7 | 2.3 | 0.7 | 2.8 | 4.4
Student disrespect for teachers ...| 13.0 | 18.5 | 15.3 | 23.6 | 20.3 | 2.9 | 3.4 | 2.2 | 4.2 | 4.7
Students dropping out .............| 6.3 | 5.8 | 1.2 | 14.1 | 7.7 | 0.2 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 1.3 | 0.7
Student apathy ....................| 20.6 | 23.6 | 15.6 | 38.0 | 28.9 | 4.1 | 4.5 | 2.2 | 9.7 | 5.1
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Lack of academic challenge ........| 5.7 | 6.5 | 4.2 | 10.4 | 9.9 | 1.3 | 1.5 | 1.0 | 2.5 | 1.6
Lack of parental involvement ......| 25.4 | 27.6 | 23.0 | 34.5 | 35.5 | 4.3 | 4.0 | 2.8 | 7.1 | 4.7
Parental alcoholism/drug abuse ....| 12.0 | 13.1 | 12.9 | 12.3 | 18.7 | 2.2 | 2.6 | 1.6 | 4.2 | 3.4
Poverty ...........................| 17.1 | 19.5 | 20.8 | 15.9 | 26.8 | 2.0 | 2.7 | 2.2 | 3.2 | 3.0
Racial tension ....................| 3.8 | 5.1 | 4.0 | 6.7 | 5.5 | 0.7 | 0.9 | 0.6 | 1.7 | 0.8
Students come unprepard to learn ..| --- | 28.8 | 24.3 | 36.0 | 30.9 | --- | 4.1 | 2.6 | 7.6 | 4.6
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