Database: ERIC
Accession No: ED437489
Title:
National Opinion Poll--Education, 1999.
Author(s):
Bositis, David A.
Publication:
U.S.; District of Columbia; 1999-00-00
Description:
20 p.
Language:
English
Abstract: This report is the fourth in a series that tracks the attitudes of African Americans and the general public in the area of education. The 1999 poll was a
survey of 1,678 adults, conducted in May 1999. The survey's questions cover a broad range of topics, including politics, education, crime and criminal justice policy, the 2000 Census, immigration, and race relations. The survey has two components: a national
general population sample of 850 adults and a national sample of 900 adult African Americans. Seventy-two African Americans who responded were in both samples. Whites' views on education had changed little since the 1998 poll, but African Americans' views
on education were generally less optimistic than those expressed in the 1998 survey. In the 1999 survey, as in previous years,there is strong support among African Americans for increased government spending on education. A positive note was sounded in
that significantly fewer (20%) African Americans reported violent incidents at the schools near where they live. A "note" explains
survey methodology. (Contains 6 data tables.) (SLD)
Descriptor:
(Major)
Academic
Achievement
Academic
Standards
Blacks
Elementary
Secondary Education
Public
Opinion
School
Safety
Identifier:
African Americans
Note(s):
For the 1997 poll report on politics, see ED418-187./ Funding: Smith Richardson
Foundation, Inc., Greensboro, NC.
More Corp Auth: Joint Center
for Political and Economic Studies, Washington, DC.
Announcement: RIEJUN2000
Document Type: Document
(RIE)
Record Type:
143; Reports--Research
Clearinghouse: UD033293
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