The 29th Annual
Phi Delta Kappa/Gallup Poll
Of the Public's Attitudes
Toward the Public Schools

By Lowell C. Rose, Alec M. Gallup, and Stanley M. Elam

Introduction
Improving the Public Schools and Student Achievement
Biggest Problems Facing Local Schools
Grading the Schools
Public Versus Nonpublic Schools
Parents and Their Relationship to the Public Schools
The Curriculum
Dealing with Drugs and Weapons in School
Financing the Public Schools
Methodology


Lowell C. ROSE is executive director emeritus of Phi Delta Kappa International. ALEC M. GALLUP is co-chairman, with George Gallup, Jr., of the Gallup Organization, Princeton, N.J. STANLEY M. ELAM, who was Kappan editor from 1956 through 1980, is contributing editor of the Phi Delta Kappan.


Last updated: 25 August 1997
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