The Incomplete Cynic

evilteabagger:

stfuconservatives:

Source: http://www.gallup.com/poll/1612/education.aspx

So here’s the most baffling thing, these represent record results in both polls. People are at the same time the most historically dissatisfied with the education system yet the most satisfied that they’ve ever been with their own children’s education. Have we all just bought into the dialogue that our education system is awful or are we so diluted that we are incapable of believing that our own children could be suffering in it?

-Joe

Hmmm, this is interesting. I think this may show the public’s opinion on public education and its performance in relation to higher education. Notice how the bottom graph is their oldest child and their satisfaction with their education as opposed to k12. Very interesting seeing as how higher education is mostly for profit whereas k-12 is mostly state subsidized and controlled.

The bottom represents the results from parents of K-12 public school students. It’s still pretty interesting. My bet is that it’s explained by self-selection - people in good neighborhoods/districts were probably overrepresented among those who agreed to respond.

Everybody hears the test scores and sees the news specials…we know that the system is balled up. But the people with the time and interest to sit on the phone with a pollster probably don’t actually experience the system at its worst.

(Source: stfuconservatives, via antigovernmentextremist)