STUDENT ISSUES: SECTION 2
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POLL RESULTS
Career Guidance: Helping Students Get Jobs
Question 1: In your opinion, should or should not the public schools add personnel to help students and recent graduates get jobs? (Asked in: 1980.)
[Code: 688-StuCH-1]
National Totals |
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| Year | Yes, They Should Add Personnel % |
No, They Should Not % |
Don't Know % |
| 1980 | 64 |
30 |
5 |
Nonacademic: Attitude Toward Attendance
Question 2: Is he (she) happy to go to school -- that is, does he (she) go to school because he (she) wants to go or simply because he (she) is required to attend? (Asked in: 1973.)
[Code: 687-StuNA-2]
National Totals | |||
| Year | Wants to Go % | Goes Because It Is Required % | No Opinion % |
| 1973 | 83 | 14 | 3 |
Nonacademic: Enjoyment of School
Question 3: Just how much or how little does your (eldest) child enjoy going to school? (Asked in: 1978.)
[Code: 684-StuNE-3]
National Totals | ||||
| Year | Enjoy Very Much % | Somewhat % |
Very Little % |
Don't Know/No Answer % |
| 1978 | 60 | 29 |
8 |
3 |
Nonacademic: Extracurricular
Question 4: In your opinion, should gay and lesbian students be allowed or not be allowed to organize gay or lesbian clubs in those public schools in your community where club activities are part of the extracurricular program? (Asked in: 1996.)
[Code: 685-StuNE-4]
National Totals |
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| Year | Be Allowed % |
Not Be Allowed % |
Don't Know % |
| 1996 | 38 |
58 |
4 |
Nonacademic: Future Success
Question 5: How important are schools to one's future success? (Asked in: 1973, 1980, 1982.)
[Code: 686-StuNF-5]
National Totals | ||||
| Year | Extremely important % | Fairly Important % |
Not Too Important |
No Opinion % |
| 1982 | 80 | 18 |
1 |
1 |
| 1980 | 82 | 15 |
2 |
1 |
| 1973 | 76 |
19 |
4 |
1 |
Nonacademic: National Youth Service
Question 6: As you may know, the United States has a youth unemployment problem. It has been suggested that we develop a national youth service which would require every young man under the age of 20 who is unemployed, and not attending school or college, to take vocation or on-the-job training, or to perform public or military service until he reaches the age of 20. Would you approve or disapprove of such a national youth service plan for young men. Would you approve or disaprove of such a national youth service plan for young women? (Asked in: 1979.)
[Code: 689-StuNN-6]
National Totals | ||||||
| Year | Approve National Service Program for Men % |
Approve National Service Program for Women % |
Disapprove National Service Program for Men % |
Disapprove National Service Program for Women % |
Don't Know/No Answer for Men % |
Don't Know/No Answer for Women % |
| 1979 | 67 |
62 | 27 |
31 | 6 |
7 |
Nonacademic: What Children Like
Question 7: What is the main thing that your eldest child likes about the school he/she attends? Teachers Friends Sports Enjoys learning Social program Using the library Curriculum Math Art Band/choir Science class (Asked in: 1982.)
[Code: 690-StuNW-7]
National Totals: 1982 | ||
Public School Parents % | Nonpublic School Parents % | |
| Teachers | 17 | 18 |
| Friends | 16 | 14 |
| Sports | 13 |
11 |
| Enjoys learning | 13 |
21 |
| Social program | 11 |
3 |
| Using the library | 7 |
6 |
| Curriculum | 6 |
4 |
| Math | 6 |
1 |
| Art | 4 |
5 |
| Band/choir | 4 |
-- |
| Science class | 4 |
4 |
Nonacademic: What Students Get Out of School
Question 8: What do you feel are the most important things you are getting out of school? (Asked of high school juniors and seniors.) (Asked in: 1974.)
[Code: 691-StuNW-8]
| Top four answers |
| Making friends/getting along with people |
| Gaining a general education |
| Preparing for a job after high school |
| Preparation for college |
Potential for Reaching High Levels of Learning: Influence of School/Parents
Question 9: In your opinion, which is a more important factor in determining whether students learn in school -- the school or the students' parents? (Asked in: 2000.)
[Code: 692-StuPI-9]
National Totals |
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| Year | The School % |
The Students' Parents % |
Don't Know % |
| 2010 | 22 |
76 |
2 |
| 2000 | 30 |
60 |
10 |
Potential for Reaching High Levels of Learning: Influence of Teachers/Parents/Students
Question 10: In your opinion, who has the greatest effect on a student's level of achievement in school -- the student, the student's teachers, or the student's parents? (Asked in: 2000.)
[Code: 693-StuPI-10]
National Totals |
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| Year | Parents % |
Teachers % |
Student % |
No Opinion % |
| 2000 | 53 |
26 |
17 |
4 |
Question 11: Which of the following do you think could have a greater effect on increasing student learning? Having students spend more time in school with their teachers, having teachers spend more time learning new ways to teach, or neither of these would increase student learning? (Asked in: 2010.)
[Code: 900-StuNW-11]
National Totals 2010 % |
Public School Parents 2010 % |
|
| Having students spend more time in school with their teachers | 29 |
23 |
| Having teachers spend more time learning new ways to teach | 38 |
44 |
| Neither of these would increase student learning | 31 |
32 |
| Don't know | 2 |
1 |
Question 12: Would you say each of the following factors is a very important, somewhat important, not very important, or a not at all important factor in helping a high school student get a good job one day? How about: a. Performing well on standardized tests, such as ACT or SAT. b. Earning a B or higher grade point average on completed coursework. c. Having a mentor or adviser. d. Working on a real-world project that takes at least six months to complete. e. Learning skills like dependability, persistence, and teamwork. (Asked in: 2014.)
[Code: 990-StuPX-12]
National totals |
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| Year |
Very important % |
Somewhat important % |
Not very Important % |
Not at all important % |
Don't know/ refused % |
| a. Performing well on standardized tests, such as ACT or SAT. | |||||
| 2014 | 24 |
44 |
23 |
9 |
- |
| b. Earning a B or higher grade point average on completed coursework. | |||||
| 2014 | 44 |
45 |
9 |
1 |
- |
| c. Having a mentor or adviser. | |||||
| 2014 | 59 |
37 |
4 |
0 |
- |
| d. Working on a real-world project that takes at least six months to complete. | |||||
| 2014 | 42 |
42 |
11 |
4 |
- |
| e. Learning skills like dependability, persistence, and teamwork. | |||||
| 2014 | 86 |
13 |
1 |
0 |
- |
Rights: Censoring Student Publications
Question 13: The U.S. Supreme Court recently ruled in favor of more authority for high school principals to censor school-sponsored student publications. Do you believe that this was a good ruling or a bad ruling? (Asked in: 1988.)
[Code: 695-StuRC-13]
National Totals | |||
| Year | Good Ruling % | Bad Ruling % | Don't Know % |
| 1988 | 59 | 28 | 13 |
Rights: High Court Ruling on Suspensions
Question 14: A U.S. Supreme Court decision requires school principals to give written notice to a student and his parents and to hold a hearing when the student is suspended from school. Have you heard or read about this ruling? (Asked in: 1975.)
[Code: 697-StuRH-14]
National Totals | |||
| Year | Yes, Have Heard % | No, Have Not Heard % | Don't Know/No Answer % |
| 1975 | 41 | 55 | 4 |
Rights: High Court Ruling on Suspensions
Question 15: Do you think the Court went too far in making this ruling? (Asked of those who heard or read about the ruling in the previous question.) (Asked in: 1975.)
[Code: 698-StuRH-15]
National Totals |
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| Year | Yes, Court Went Too Far % |
No, Court Did Not % |
Don't Know/No Answer % |
| 1975 | 26 |
67 |
7 |
Rights: Older Students
Question 16: Should students who are 18 years of age, and now have the right to vote, have more rights and privileges than other students? (Asked in: 1972.)
[Code: 699-StuRO-16]
National Totals | |||
| Year | Yes % | No % | Don't Know % |
| 1972 | 21 | 73 | 6 |
Rights: Searching Student Property
Question 17: Do you feel that teachers or school authorities should or should not be allowed to open students' lockers or examine personal property if they suspect drugs, liquor, or stolen goods are hidden there? (Asked in: 1985.)
[Code: 700-StuRS-17]
National Totals | |||
| Year | Should % | Should Not % | Don't Know % |
| 1985 | 78 | 18 | 4 |
Rights: Student Power
Question 18: Should high school students have more say about what goes on within the school on matters such as curriculum? teachers? school rules? student dress? (Asked in: 1970.)
[Code: 701-StuRS-18]
National Totals: 1970 | |||
Yes % | No % | No Opinion % | |
| Curriculum | 38 | 53 | 9 |
| Teachers | 22 | 72 | 6 |
| School rules | 36 |
58 |
6 |
| Student dress | 37 |
57 |
6 |
Rights: Too Many/Too Few
Question 19: Generally speaking, do the local public school students in this community have too many rights and privileges, or not enough? (Asked in: 1972, 1975, 1985.)
[Code: 702-StuRT-19]
National Totals |
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| Year | Too Many % |
Not Enough % |
Just About Right |
No Opinion % |
| 1985 | 40 |
12 |
25 |
23 |
| 1975 | 45 |
10 |
27 |
18 |
| 1972 | 41 |
11 |
33 |
15 |
Question 20: (Asked of public school parents) Do you think your/this child feels too much pressure to do well in school, too little pressure, or about the right amount?
(Asked in: 2016.)
[Code: 1032-Stu2PX-20] Phone poll
National Totals |
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| Year | Too much % |
Too little % |
About the right amount |
No pressure |
No Opinion % |
| 2016 | 21 |
13 |
64 |
1 |
1 |
Question 21: (Asked of public school parents) Do you think most of the pressure s/he feels to do well at school comes from: His/her teachers? Herself/himself? You or someone else in your family? His/her friends? (Asked in: 2016.)
[Code: 1033-Stu2PX-21] Phone poll
National Totals |
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| Year | Teachers % |
Self % |
Family |
Friends |
No Opinion % |
| 2016 | 16 |
38 |
39 |
5 |
2 |
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