A recent poll of 1,151 adults asked, “Has teacher unionization, in your opinion, helped, hurt, or made no difference in the quality of public education in the United States?” The results were compared with those in 1976.
National Totals |
No Children In School |
PublicSchool Parents |
Nonpublic | |||||
1998 |
1976 |
1998 |
1976 |
1998 |
1976 |
1998 |
1976 | |
| Helped | 27 | 22 | 27 | 22 | 28 | 23 | 23 | 24 |
| Hurt | 28 | 38 | 26 | 38 | 24 | 36 | 36 | 47 |
| Made no difference | 37 | 27 | 37 | 26 | 39 | 28 | 27 | 25 |
| Don’t know | 10 | 13 | 10 | 14 | 9 | 13 | 14 | 4 |
SOURCE: 1998 Phi Delta Kappa Poll of Public’s Attitudes Toward the Public Schools.
