The findings from the Education Next — PEPG survey reported in this essay are based on a nationally representative stratified sample of approximately 550 adults (age 18 years and older) and representative oversamples of roughly 350 members of the following subgroups: the affluent (as defined
below), public school teachers, parents of school - aged children, residents of zip
codes in which a charter school was located during the 2009 — 10 school year, African
Americans, and Hispanics.