All Poll Results

January 13th, 2009 - January 22nd, 2009

When calculating a state's overall grade for Quality Counts, should some areas of policy and performance count more than others?

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14 total responses

  • Yes
  • graphic bar 78% (11)
  • No
  • graphic bar 21% (3)

December 22nd, 2008 - December 31st, 2008

With 2009 just around the corner, and a new administration ready to take the reins, how would you grade Margaret Spellings’ performance as U.S. Secretary of Education?

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16 total responses

  • -A-
  • graphic bar 6% (1)
  • -B-
  • graphic bar 18% (3)
  • -C-
  • graphic bar 31% (5)
  • -D-
  • graphic bar 31% (5)
  • -F-
  • graphic bar 12% (2)

December 16th, 2008 - December 23rd, 2008

How would you rate President-elect Obama’s selection of Arne Duncan as his Secretary of Education?

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50 total responses

  • Great pick
  • graphic bar 42% (21)
  • Bad choice
  • graphic bar 22% (11)
  • Undecided
  • graphic bar 36% (18)

December 8th, 2008 - December 15th, 2008

Should schools be allowed to display religious images and symbols during the holiday season?

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33 total responses

  • Yes, if all religious holidays are represented equally
  • graphic bar 57% (19)
  • Yes, selectively
  • graphic bar 24% (8)
  • No religious symbols whatsoever
  • graphic bar 18% (6)

December 1st, 2008 - December 8th, 2008

Generally speaking, public education in the United States is:

34 total responses

  • On the right track
  • graphic bar 29% (10)
  • On the wrong track
  • graphic bar 70% (24)

November 24th, 2008 - December 1st, 2008

Should banks participating in the $700 billion dollar financial rescue package be allowed to use a portion of those funds to issue low-cost student loans, as suggested by Treasury Secretary Paulson?

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14 total responses

  • Yes
  • graphic bar 100% (14)
  • No
  • graphic bar 0% (0)

November 17th, 2008 - November 24th, 2008

Which of its stated educational priorities should the Obama administration tackle first?

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147 total responses

  • Expanding early childhood education
  • graphic bar 13% (20)
  • Reforming NCLB
  • graphic bar 57% (85)
  • Recruiting and training teachers
  • graphic bar 15% (23)
  • Making college more affordable
  • graphic bar 12% (19)

November 10th, 2008 - November 17th, 2008

What type of school should the children of President-elect and Mrs. Obama attend?

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59 total responses

  • A traditional public school
  • graphic bar 40% (24)
  • A charter school
  • graphic bar 10% (6)
  • A private school
  • graphic bar 49% (29)

November 3rd, 2008 - November 10th, 2008

Should the new Congress raise funding for special education, even if those dollars must be taken from other priorities?

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19 total responses

  • Yes
  • graphic bar 52% (10)
  • No
  • graphic bar 47% (9)

October 27th, 2008 - November 3rd, 2008

Should students receive cash incentives for better academic performance?

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39 total responses

  • Yes
  • graphic bar 15% (6)
  • No
  • graphic bar 84% (33)

October 20th, 2008 - October 27th, 2008

Which educational choice policy do you favor?

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39 total responses

  • Public school charters
  • graphic bar 33% (13)
  • Vouchers
  • graphic bar 2% (1)
  • Both
  • graphic bar 17% (7)
  • None of the Above
  • graphic bar 46% (18)

October 13th, 2008 - October 20th, 2008

Should teachers be banned from displaying pins and signs in school promoting political candidates?

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77 total responses

  • Yes
  • graphic bar 62% (48)
  • No
  • graphic bar 37% (29)

October 6th, 2008 - October 13th, 2008

Which is the better predictor of student success in college?

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25 total responses

  • GPA/Class Rank
  • graphic bar 64% (16)
  • Standardized Admissions Tests (e.g. SAT and ACT)
  • graphic bar 36% (9)

September 29th, 2008 - October 6th, 2008

Should states require all students to complete a class in economics or financial literacy to graduate from high school?

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29 total responses

  • Yes
  • graphic bar 86% (25)
  • No
  • graphic bar 13% (4)

September 22nd, 2008 - September 29th, 2008

Which of the major party candidates for president has the stronger record on education?

52 total responses

  • John McCain
  • graphic bar 21% (11)
  • Barack Obama
  • graphic bar 53% (28)
  • Neither has a strong record on education
  • graphic bar 25% (13)

September 15th, 2008 - September 22nd, 2008

Should students who are displaced out-of-state due to a natural disaster be required to perform to the standards of the receiving state? Join the Discussion

44 total responses

  • Yes
  • graphic bar 40% (18)
  • No
  • graphic bar 59% (26)

September 8th, 2008 - September 15th, 2008

Should states or districts be allowed to limit the number of charter schools operating in their jurisdictions?

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22 total responses

  • Yes
  • graphic bar 59% (13)
  • No
  • graphic bar 40% (9)

September 2nd, 2008 - September 9th, 2008

Should tough accountability measures for big city schools be maintained or even strengthened, as some urban education leaders have suggested?

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23 total responses

  • Strengthen
  • graphic bar 78% (18)
  • No Change
  • graphic bar 13% (3)
  • Weaken
  • graphic bar 8% (2)

August 25th, 2008 - September 1st, 2008

How important is school district quality when deciding where to live? Join the discussion!

37 total responses

  • Most Important
  • graphic bar 70% (26)
  • Somewhat Important
  • graphic bar 27% (10)
  • Not Very Important
  • graphic bar 0% (0)
  • Irrelevant
  • graphic bar 2% (1)

August 18th, 2008 - August 25th, 2008

In the spirit of the Olympics, should the U.S. education system benchmark to international standards, adopt a uniform set of national standards, or continue its state-based standards approach?

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153 total responses

  • International
  • graphic bar 66% (101)
  • National
  • graphic bar 22% (35)
  • State-based Status Quo
  • graphic bar 11% (17)

August 11th, 2008 - August 18th, 2008

With the looming credit crisis, should banks be allowed to cancel the federally guaranteed student loans they offered students?

21 total responses

  • Yes
  • graphic bar 14% (3)
  • No
  • graphic bar 85% (18)

August 4th, 2008 - August 11th, 2008

Should science classes teach intelligent design or other alternative explanations alongside the theory of evolution?

30 total responses

  • Yes
  • graphic bar 40% (12)
  • No
  • graphic bar 60% (18)

July 28th, 2008 - August 4th, 2008

Will new leadership at the National Education Agency (NEA) and the American Federation of Teachers (AFT) bring about change or more of the same?

16 total responses

  • Change
  • graphic bar 12% (2)
  • More of the Same
  • graphic bar 87% (14)

July 21st, 2008 - July 28th, 2008

Should teachers trade job security for the potential to boost their pay through merit-based compensation plans?

47 total responses

  • Yes
  • graphic bar 38% (18)
  • No
  • graphic bar 61% (29)

July 14th, 2008 - July 21st, 2008

Should K-12 public schools be required to provide a free education to undocumented immigrant students?

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126 total responses

  • Yes
  • graphic bar 47% (60)
  • No
  • graphic bar 52% (66)

July 7th, 2008 - July 14th, 2008

Will the growing use of consumer electronic technology (e.g., iPods, Zunes) in the classroom help to boost student performance?

To read more about technology in the classroom, check out Technology Counts 2008.

26 total responses

  • Yes
  • graphic bar 65% (17)
  • No
  • graphic bar 34% (9)

June 30th, 2008 - July 7th, 2008

Should schools give students mandatory assignments to combat the "Summer Slide," the tendency to lose skills and knowledge during the months when school is not in session?

For more information on this topic, check out this EdWeek story.

35 total responses

  • Yes
  • graphic bar 65% (23)
  • No
  • graphic bar 34% (12)

June 24th, 2008 - July 1st, 2008

Should high schools be required to offer comprehensive sex ed to help curb teen pregnancy?

For more information on this topic, check out this Report Roundup and past Stat of the Week .

34 total responses

  • Yes
  • graphic bar 88% (30)
  • No
  • graphic bar 11% (4)

June 16th, 2008 - June 23rd, 2008

Should schools switch to a four-day school week to offset rising fuel prices and transportation costs?

98 total responses

  • Yes
  • graphic bar 54% (53)
  • No
  • graphic bar 45% (45)

March 28th, 2008 - April 4th, 2008

Are American schools doing enough to improve education in the STEM subjects?

27 total responses

  • Yes
  • graphic bar 3% (1)
  • No
  • graphic bar 96% (26)

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