School Choice & Charters

A Matter of Choice

September 04, 1996 1 min read
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In addition to this year’s poll, the Phi Delta Kappa/Gallup polls in 1993 and 1995 also asked respondents whether they favored allowing parents to send their children to private schools using public money.

The question: Do you favor or oppose allowing students and parents to choose a private school to attend at public expense?

 (figures are in percents) National No Children Public Nonpublic Totals in School School Parents School Parents ’93 ’95 ’96 ’93 ’95 ’96 ’93 ’95 ’96 ’93 ’95 ’96 Favor 24 33 36 21 30 33 27 38 39 45 44 60 Oppose 74 65 61 76 68 63 72 59 59 55 51 38 Don’t Know 2 2 3 3 2 4 1 3 2 * 5 2 

* Less than one half of 1 percent.

SOURCE: The 28th Annual Phi Delta Kappa/Gallup Poll.

The minimum order for reprints of this poll is 25 copies for $10, and additional copies are 25 cents each. Write to Phil Delta Kappa, P.O. Box 789, Bloomington, Ind. 47402, or call (800) 766-1156.

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A version of this article appeared in the September 04, 1996 edition of Education Week as A Matter of Choice

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