Sentences with phrase «believe education polls»

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High percentages of those polled also believe A.I. can make significant advances in eradicating cancer and diseases, developing clean energy, improving education, and boosting global health and well - being.

In January, a poll commissioned by the Catholic Campaign for Human Development, the antipoverty effort sponsored by U.S. Catholic bishops, showed that 29 percent of those surveyed believe that lack of education is a principal cause of poverty.

Far more serious than any of the startling events of the decade was the massive erosion of the legitimacy of American institutions — business, government, education, the churches, the family — that set in, particularly among young people, and that continues, if public opinion polls are to be believed, in the 1970s even when overt protest has become less frequent.

At least 40 percent of those polled statewide believe education and jobs should be one of Cuomo's top two priorities for the 2015 session.

More than 90 percent of New Yorkers think corruption in government is a big issue, and polls show voters believe reform issues take priority over education.

The poll found by a margin of 58 percent to 22 percent believe Cuomo would do a better job for the city than Nixon, a public education advocate and actress.

Of these, only two factors were believed to be better for children today by more than a quarter of poll respondents: quality of education (36 percent said it was better when they were growing up) and quality of health care (39 percent).

Taken as a whole, these polls clearly indicate that there are very real concerns that the Common Core will not be implemented as intended, and that it will not live up to the potential that the education community believes that it has.

A June 2013 Gallup / Education Week poll of superintendents showed that 58 percent say that the Common Core standards will improve the quality of education in their community, and 75 percent believe that having these standards will provide more consistency in the quality of education between school districts anEducation Week poll of superintendents showed that 58 percent say that the Common Core standards will improve the quality of education in their community, and 75 percent believe that having these standards will provide more consistency in the quality of education between school districts aneducation in their community, and 75 percent believe that having these standards will provide more consistency in the quality of education between school districts aneducation between school districts and states.

Nearly two - thirds of elementary and middle school principals believe national subject - matter standards will not improve American education, according to a recent poll.

According to a YouGov poll, young people believe that social mobility is getting worse, but education will improve for future generations.

The survey, conducted for the Washington - based American Council on Education, a higher education organization, found that 54 percent of 1,000 registered voters believe students should have to take more math and science courses, and only 31 percent of those polled believe that math and science classes offered to college students not majoring in those fields are «very relevant» to life after grEducation, a higher education organization, found that 54 percent of 1,000 registered voters believe students should have to take more math and science courses, and only 31 percent of those polled believe that math and science classes offered to college students not majoring in those fields are «very relevant» to life after greducation organization, found that 54 percent of 1,000 registered voters believe students should have to take more math and science courses, and only 31 percent of those polled believe that math and science classes offered to college students not majoring in those fields are «very relevant» to life after graduation.

Never believe any particular poll (other than the Education Next poll, of course), but do believe the average of a bunch of polls.

A poll this month by Louis Harris & Associates has found that a majority of Americans support a vast overhaul of the education system, and that nearly three - quarters of the respondents believe teachers, rather than legislatures or school boards, should enact the reforms.

This announcement comes as a new poll has revealed that almost three quarters of people (71 %) believe schools and colleges should embed enterprise education as a key part of every young person's education.

According to a Newsweek - PTA poll, 40 percent of parents across the country believe they are not devoting enough time to their children's education.

According to the 31st Annual Phi Delta Kappa / Gallup Poll, the public believes that lack of parent involvement tops the list of obstacles facing education today.

«And this poll makes clear that not only do parents overwhelmingly believe in the promise of public education to help all children reach their dreams, their prescription for how to reclaim that promise matches what America's teachers want for their students and schools.

Black and Latino parents believe racial disparities persist in public education, poll finds laschoolreport.com/black-and-lati...

Over a fifth (22 %) of education staff believe that pupils have been subjected to hate crime or hate speech * while at school in the last academic year, according to a poll of 345 members of the Association of Teachers and Lecturers (ATL).

The Education Next poll found that on average adults believe 32 percent of public school funding is sourced from federal coffers.

Which poll should be believed by the folks in the U. S. Department of Education who are trying to implement Arne Duncan's «Race to the Top» initiative that includes a merit pay requirement?

According to the Gallup polls, Americans believed in the progress of education for a century and a half and then, so fast, lost their faith in education.

The poll found that 79 per cent of teachers believe there is no good evidence for increasing selection in education, and 81 per cent believe there is no evidence for opening new grammar schools.

According to the poll, 74 percent of voters believe the state is spending «too little» on education.

Students at top - tier colleges are less likely than their peers at other colleges to go into education; high - achieving college graduates are less likely to go into teaching; and those who do become teachers are less likely to stay in the profession long term.45 In recent polling, high - achieving Millennials revealed much of the thinking that goes into this drop - off: They reported that they do not believe teaching is a good career option for high - achieving students, and they feel that the status of the teaching profession is in decline.46

A poll of 900 National Education Union members by the Child Poverty Action Group found that 60 per cent of staff believe all eligible children in their school are getting the free meals they are entitled to, while 21 per cent think some are not.

A recent poll by Education Reform Now, a non-partisan partner of DFER - DC, showed that 76 % of voters and an overwhelming 86 % of parents believe that public charter schools should be part of the solution to the city's supply of vacant school buildings.

Close to nine out of ten California adults believe science instruction is nearly as important a component of K - 12 education as reading, writing and arithmetic, according to a new poll released Tuesday.

61 percent — Favor 15 percent — Oppose 24 percent — Undecided / Refused to answer Those polled also expressed that they believe more money should be used on K - 12 education.

A Gallup poll of U.S. school superintendents shows that two - thirds believe the new standards will improve education in their communities.

While an overwhelming percentage of the people polled support the teaching of key goals that proponents say are enshrined in the Common Core, such as bolstering critical thinking and communication skills, 56 percent of those who were familiar with the standards believed they would either make education in the United States less globally competitive or have no effect at all.

According to a new poll of over 1,200 adult Americans by CreditDonkey, a credit card comparison and financial education site, only 1 in 3 of men surveyed now believe they should always be responsible for the check, and even fewer women (25.9 percent) surveyed favor the custom.

The online poll, conducted in July for CIBC, found that 67 per cent of parents were willing to pay for two - thirds of their children's post-secondary education while, on average, their kids believed their parents were footing only a third of the bill.

Though nearly 84 percent of Floridians believe the climate is changing, according to a Stanford University poll, the issue ranks low among voters who put much higher priority on the state's economy and education.

We're also advocating from the halls of Congress to school boards, for programs that the community has said are important for the future, by highlighting findings from a new poll that shows that Latinos in the U.S. believe that addressing teen pregnancy through comprehensive sex education in middle and high schools is critical.