TEACHERS AND TEACHING
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Section 5
Tenure
Question 1: Interviewees were first asked: "Do you happen to know what the word "tenure" means as it applies to teachers' jobs?". Those responding, "Yes," were then asked: Just as you understand it, what does tenure mean? (Asked in: 1977.)
[Code: 754-TeaTX-1]
1977 National Totals % |
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| Able to Correctly Define "Tenure" | 28 |
Question 2: Do you favor or oppose tenure for teachers? [Asked of those correctly defining the term.] (Asked in: 1977.)
[Code: 752-TeaTX-2]
National Totals |
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Year |
Favor % |
Oppose % |
Don't Know % |
| 1977 | 40 |
50 |
10 |
Question 3: Most public school teachers have tenure; that is, after a two- or three-year trial period they receive what amounts to a lifetime contract. Do you approve or disapprove of this policy? [Note: Compare 2009 results of this question to 2009 results of differently-worded question 4 below.] (Asked in: 1974, 2009.)
[Code: 755-TeaTX-3]
National Totals |
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Year |
Approve % |
Disapprove % |
Don't Know % |
| 2009 | 26 |
73 |
1 |
| 1974 | 31 |
56 |
13 |
Question 4: Most public school teachers have tenure; that is, after a two- or three-year trial period, school administrators must ensure a policy that a teacher be given a formal legal review before they can be terminated. Do you approve or disapprove of this policy? [Note: Compare results of this question to 2009 results of differently-worded question 3 above.](Asked in: 2009.)
[Code: 877-TeaTX-4]
National Totals |
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Year |
Approve % |
Disapprove % |
Don't Know % |
| 2009 | 66 |
34 |
- |
Testing Educators
Testing Administrators
Question 5: Should school administrators be tested every few years to see if they are keeping up-to-date? (Asked in: 1979.)
[Code: 756-TeaTX-5]
National Totals |
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Year |
Yes, They Should % |
No % |
Don't Know/ No Answer % |
| 1979 | 85 |
10 |
5 |
Testing Teachers
Question 6: Before being licensed, do you think the teachers in the public schools in your community should or should not be required to take a statewide competency test in the subjects they will teach? [Note: Question was worded somewhat differently in 1984 and 1979. See also Question 7 (below). Also, 1981 data for this question was incorrectly published in 1984; data for this question was not published in the 1981 poll.] (Asked in: 1979, 1984, 2002.)
[Code: 757-TeaTX-6]
National Totals |
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Year |
Yes % |
No % |
Don't Know/ No Opinion % |
| 2002 | 96 |
4 |
- |
| 1984 | 89 |
7 |
4 |
| 1979 | 85 |
9 |
6 |
[Code: 758-TeaTX-7]
National Totals |
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Year |
Yes % |
No % |
Don't Know % |
| 1988 | 86 |
11 |
3 |
Teacher Training
Question 8: In your opinion, how useful are education courses in training people how to teach or instruct students -- very useful, fairly useful, not too useful, or not at all useful? (Asked in: 1991.)
[Code: 759-TeaTX-8]
National Totals |
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Year |
Very Useful % |
Fairly Useful % |
Not Too Useful % |
Not at All Useful % |
Don't Know % |
| 1991 | 53 |
35 |
6 |
1 |
5 |
Question 9: Most people believe that, before being licensed, teachers should pass a state-level competency test in the subjects they will teach. In your opinion, should teachers also be required to pass a national competency test in addition to those tests that a state might additionally choose to administer? (Asked in: 2008.)
[Code: 856-TeaTX-9]
National Totals |
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Year |
Yes % |
No % |
Don't Know % |
| 2008 | 77 |
20 |
3 |
Public School Parents |
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Year |
Yes % |
No % |
Don't Know % |
| 2008 | 82 |
16 |
2 |
Question 10: In some states, tenure is granted to a public school teacher after a trial period. Do you favor or oppose teacher tenure? (Asked in: 2015.)
[Code: 999-Tea5TX-10] Online poll
National Totals |
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Year |
Favor % |
Oppose % |
Don't Know % |
| 2015 | 26 |
59 |
15 |
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