Survey: SHOH21

Question:
Should President Bush and the Congress require that each public school show improvement in teaching, or should this be left to local leaders to decide?

Answers: ( respondents)
Set New Federal Standards 47%
Leave to Local Leaders 46%
Don't Know 7%
Other Response 0%

Related questions:

• In general do you approve or disapprove of the job George W. Bush is doing as president? (appeared in SHOH40, September 14, 2008)
• In general, do you approve or disapprove of the job Geoge W. Bush is doing as president? (appeared in SHOH39, May 24, 2008)
• In general do you approve or disapprove of the job George W. Bush is doing as president? (appeared in SHOH38, February 25, 2008)
• On general, do you approve or disapprove of the job George W. Bush is doing as president? (appeared in SHOH37, September 22, 2007)
• How about the quality of education in public schools? Is that very important, somewhat important or not important? (appeared in SHOH37, September 22, 2007)
• Which party is best for dealing with the quality of education in public schools? (appeared in SHOH37, September 22, 2007)
• In general do you approve or disapprove of the job George W. Bush is doing as president? (appeared in SHOH36, May 19, 2007)
• On a different topic, I'd like you to think back to your high school days. About how many years of math did you take in high school? (appeared in SHOH36, May 19, 2007)
• Do you wish you had taken more math? (appeared in SHOH36, May 19, 2007)
• How useful has the math you took in high school been in your life? Has it been very useful, somewhat useful or not useful? (appeared in SHOH36, May 19, 2007)
• About how many years of science did you take in high school? (appeared in SHOH36, May 19, 2007)
• Do you wish you had taken more science? (appeared in SHOH36, May 19, 2007)
• How useful has the science you took in high school been in your life? Has it been very useful, somewhat useful, or not at all useful? (appeared in SHOH36, May 19, 2007)
• Do you wish you had taken more foreign language? (appeared in SHOH36, May 19, 2007)
• How many years of foreign language did you take in high school? (appeared in SHOH36, May 19, 2007)
• How useful has the foreign language you took in high school been in your life? Has it been very useful, somewhat useful or not useful? (appeared in SHOH36, May 19, 2007)
• Are there any children in your household who have attended a public elementary school in the last five years? (appeared in SHOH36, May 19, 2007)
• The federal No Child Left Behind is up for renewal in Congress soon. Would yu say you are very familiar with this law, somewhat familiar or nnot familiar with this law? (appeared in SHOH36, May 19, 2007)
• The law requires states to test elementary students to determine if schools do a good job teaching. But critics say the law forces teachers to teach to a particular test. From everything you have heard, do you think the No Child Left Behind Law has been good for public schools or not good for public schools? (appeared in SHOH36, May 19, 2007)
• Based on everything you've heard, do you want Congress to renew the No Child Left Behind law, do you want Congrress to make changes in the law or do you want Congress to cancel the law? (appeared in SHOH36, May 19, 2007)
• In general, do you approve or disapprove of the job George W. Bush is doing as president? (appeared in SHOH35, February 10, 2007)
• In general, do you approve or disapprove of the job George W. Bush is doing as president? (appeared in SHOH34, November 03, 2006)
• Here are some important issues facing America:our war on terrorism, peace in the Middle East, improving the American economy, protecting Social Security, improving health care, improving education and reducing the federal budget deficit. Of all the issues I just mentioned, whoch ONE of these is most important to you? (appeared in SHOH33, July 06, 2006)
• In general, do you approve or disapprove of the job George W. Bush is doing as president? (appeared in SHOH32, March 02, 2006)
• In general, do you approve or disapprove of the job George W. Bush is doing as president? (appeared in SHOH31, October 21, 2005)
• Here are some important issues facing America: our war on terrorism, peace in the Middle East, improving the American economy, protecting Social Security, improving education, and reducing the federal budget deficit. Of all thse issues I just mentioned, which ONE of these is the most important to you? (appeared in SHOH31, October 21, 2005)
• In general do you approve or disapprove of the job George W. Bush is doing with the situation in Iraq? (appeared in SHOH31, October 21, 2005)
• Do you think the United States did the right thing or the wrong thing in sending troops into Iraq? (appeared in SHOH31, October 21, 2005)
• Should the United States begin pulling its troops out of Iraq as soon as possible or should we stay for at least a few years until the new govenrnment in Iraq is secure? (appeared in SHOH31, October 21, 2005)
• When it comes to teaching evolution in public schools, which of these two statements best represents what you believe: One, that evolution is what most scientists believe so it should be taught in public science classes. Or two, that scientists are wrong so evolution should not be taught in public school science? (appeared in SHOH31, October 21, 2005)
• President Bush recently said he believes that the idea of intelligent design, that God played some role in the evolution of humans, should be taught in public schools. Do you think Bush was right or wrong to make this suggestion? (appeared in SHOH31, October 21, 2005)
• In general, do you approve or disapprove of the job George W. Bush is doing as president? (appeared in SHOH30, July 19, 2005)
• In general, do you approve or disapprove of the job George W. Bush is doing with the situation in Iraq? (appeared in SHOH30, July 19, 2005)
• Do you think the United States did the right thing or the wrong thing in sending trooops into Iraq? (appeared in SHOH30, July 19, 2005)
• Give me your best guess on this next question. How many years do you think it will be before most of our trooops are able to leave Iraq? (appeared in SHOH30, July 19, 2005)
• Do you think President Bush and his military advisers have a clear, well-thought out plan to get our troops out of Iraq, or not? (appeared in SHOH30, July 19, 2005)
• Should the United States begin pulling its troops out of Iraq as soon as possible, or should we stay for at least a few years until the new government in Iraq is secure? (appeared in SHOH30, July 19, 2005)
• Do you think the United States is safer from terrorist attack today or less safe because of our miliary action in Iraq? (appeared in SHOH30, July 19, 2005)
• Please let me talk to you about public education in the U.S. At times, some goals for public scools have seemed more important than others. I'm going to read some schools goals that have seemed important to many people. PLease tell me how important each of these is to you. Please rate each goal on a scale of 1 to 5, where 1 is not important and 5 is very important. Schools should provide students with good basic academic skills (appeared in SHOH30, July 19, 2005)
• Schools should provide students with problem solving skills (appeared in SHOH30, July 19, 2005)
• Schools should prepare students to be good citizens (appeared in SHOH30, July 19, 2005)
• Prepare students to be reliable workers and to work well in teams. (appeared in SHOH30, July 19, 2005)
• Schools should teach students good health and exercise habits. (appeared in SHOH30, July 19, 2005)
• School should help students develop self-confidence for themselves and others (appeared in SHOH30, July 19, 2005)
• Schools should give students experience with the arts and music. (appeared in SHOH30, July 19, 2005)
• Schools should provide noncollege students with vocational skils that will qualify them for good jobs. (appeared in SHOH30, July 19, 2005)
• In general, do you approve or disapprove of the job George W. Bush is doing as president? (appeared in SHOH29, February 10, 2005)
• Here are some important issues facing America: our war on terrorism, peace in the Middle East, improving the American economy, protecting Social Security and Reducing the federal budget deficit? (appeared in SHOH29, February 10, 2005)
• How certain are you that you will vote for this man? (appeared in SHOH28, October 14, 2004)
• Well, which candidate would you say you are leaning toward right now, Kerry or Bush? (appeared in SHOH28, October 14, 2004)
• Despite everything that has happened, do you think the United Stats has done a good thing or a bad thing by sending our mlitary to occupy Iraq? (appeared in SHOH28, October 14, 2004)
• Would you like to see President Bush be re-elected to a second term, or is it time for someone new? (appeared in SHOH28, October 14, 2004)
• In general, do you approve or disapprove of the job George W. Bush is doing as president? (appeared in SHOH28, October 14, 2004)
• Do you think America basically is headed in the right direction or in the wrong direction? (appeared in SHOH27, July 05, 2004)
• In general, do you approve or disapprove of the job George W. Bush is doing as president? (appeared in SHOH27, July 05, 2004)
• Here are some important issues facing America: our war on terrorism, peace in the Middle East, improving the American economy, protecting Social Security, improving health care, improving education and reducing the federal budget deficit. Of all the issues I just mentioned, which ONE of these is the most important to you? (appeared in SHOH27, July 05, 2004)
• Would you like to see President Bush be re-elected to a second term, or is it time for someone new? (appeared in SHOH27, July 05, 2004)
• Do you think America basically is headed in the right direction or in the wrong direction? (appeared in SHOH26, March 09, 2004)
• In general, do you approve or disapprove of the job George W. Bush is doing as president? (appeared in SHOH26, March 09, 2004)
• Here are some important issues facing America: our war on terrorism, peace in the Middle East, improving the American economy, protecting Social Security, improving health care, improving education and reducing the federal budget deficit. Of all the issues I just mentioned, which ONE of these is the most important to you? (appeared in SHOH26, March 09, 2004)
• Would you like to see President Bush be re-elected to a second term, or is it time for someone new? (appeared in SHOH26, March 09, 2004)
• Thinking about America's foreign policy, how do you feel about our policy of preventive military attacks on countries that we feel threaten our national security? Do you strongly agree, agree, neither agree nor disagree, disagree or strongly disagree with this policy? (appeared in SHOH26, March 09, 2004)
• Do you think the United States has done enough to fight international terrorism, too much or not enough? (appeared in SHOH26, March 09, 2004)
• When you went to elementary school, would you say there were many kids of different races in your class or were most of the kids of the same race? (appeared in SHOH26, March 09, 2004)
• Thinking about the public elementary schools in your community today, would you say they have many kids of different races or are most of the kids of the same race? (appeared in SHOH26, March 09, 2004)
• Fifty years ago, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that it is unconstitutional for public schools to be racially segregated as all black or all white. Overall, do you think the Supreme Court made the right decision or the wrong decision then? (appeared in SHOH26, March 09, 2004)
• If yes to question 14, yhy do you think this was a wrong decision? (List not read) (appeared in SHOH26, March 09, 2004)
• Do you think the Supreme Court decision ending racially segregated schools made the quality of public education better in America, made it worse, or did not effect the quality of public education? (appeared in SHOH26, March 09, 2004)
• Generally speaking, how important is it that students of different races attend classes together. Is it very important, somewhat important, or not important that students of different races attend classes together? (appeared in SHOH26, March 09, 2004)
• Please think about the amount of racial diversity of the students in the public schools in your community. Should school officials try to increase the amount of racial diversity in your schools or leave them as they are? (appeared in SHOH26, March 09, 2004)
• Here are some important issues facing America: our war on terrorism, peace in the Middle East, improving the American economy, protecting Social Security, improving health care, improving education and reducing the federal budget deficit. Of all the issues I just mentioned, which ONE of these is the most important to you? (appeared in SHOH25, November 04, 2003)
• In general, do you approve or disapprove of the job George W. Bush is doing as president? (appeared in SHOH24, August 15, 2003)
• In general, do you approve or disapprove of the job George W. Bush is doing as president? (appeared in SHOH23, May 18, 2003)
• Here are some important issues facing America: our war on terrorism, peace in the Middle East, improving the American economy, protecting Social Security, improving health care, improving education and reducing the federal budget deficit. Of all the issues I just mentioned, which ONE of these is the most important to you? (appeared in SHOH23, May 18, 2003)
• In general, do you approve or disapprove of the job George W. Bush is doing as president? (appeared in SHOH19, January 21, 2002)
• In general, do you approve or disapprove of the job George W. Bush is doing as president? (appeared in SHOH18, October 21, 2001)
• Here are a few questions about public education in America. In general, do you think our public elementary, junior and senior high schools are doing a very good job, a good job, a fair job or a poor job in educating our children? (appeared in SHOH18, October 21, 2001)
• Do you have a child currently attending a public elementary or secondary school? (appeared in SHOH18, October 21, 2001)
• (IF YES) Do you think the school your child is attending is doing a very good job, a good job, a fair job or a poor job? (appeared in SHOH18, October 21, 2001)
• Should President Bush and the Congress increase federal funding to public schools, or should funding be left to mostly to state and local government? (appeared in SHOH18, October 21, 2001)
• Should President Bush and the Congress require that schools give achievement tests every year for students in the third through eighth grade, or should this also be left to local leaders to decide? (appeared in SHOH18, October 21, 2001)
• In general, do you approve or disapprove of the job George W. Bush is doing as president? (appeared in SHOH21, October 28, 2002)
• Here are some important issues facing America: our war on terrorism, peace in the Middle East, improving the American economy, protecting Social Security, improving Health Care, improving education and reducing the federal budget deficit. Of all the issues I just mentioned, which one is the most important to you? (appeared in SHOH21, October 28, 2002)