In general, what letter grade would you give the school choices parents have for their children in the City of St. Louis? |
A:
9%
B:
19%
C:
29%
D:
21%
F:
9%
Incomplete:
12%
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Children | No Children |
A:
15%
B:
23%
C:
28%
D:
16%
F:
11%
Incomplete:
6%
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A:
5%
B:
17%
C:
30%
D:
24%
F:
8%
Incomplete:
16%
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Do you think parents in the City have more good school choices today than they did five years ago?
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Do you think you have a pretty accurate idea what a charter school is? |
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When was the first time you heard much about charter schools? |
Many years ago:
40%
Several years ago:
49%
Fairly recently:
9%
When I started reading the email from Mayor Slay that accompanied this poll:
2%
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If we told you that charter schools are "free, public schools that, by law, are exempt from many of the rules and regulations of traditional districts, and which operate independently of the district" would you agree that this was a fair definition of charter schools? |
Yes:
69%
No:
17%
I really don't know:
13%
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If that definition is correct, would you favor the idea of charter schools? |
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Under current state law in Missouri, charter schools may be created only within the boundaries of the St. Louis and Kansas City school districts. Would you favor a change in the law that would allow charter schools in other school districts? |
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Under current state law in Missouri, charter schools may only be sponsored by the school boards of St. Louis and Kansas City and nearby universities and community colleges. Would you favor a change that would allow other groups -- like non-profits, trade unions, or mayors -- to sponsor new charter schools? |
Yes:
24%
Some of those groups would be OK; others, not so much:
29%
No:
53%
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Do you want the St. Louis public school district to use its existing statutory power to open more charter schools? |
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Would you consider sending your (real or hypothetical) children to a charter school? |
Yes, I would consider it:
52%
Yes, I already send my real children to charter school:
1%
No, I wouldn't even consider it:
47%
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Children | No Children |
Yes, I would consider it:
39%
Yes, I already send my real children to charter school:
2%
No, I wouldn't even consider it:
59%
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Yes:
64%
Yes, I already send my real children to charter school:
1%
No, I wouldn't even consider it:
36%
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Would you consider sending your (real or hypothetical) children to a foreign language immersion charter school? |
Yes, I would consider it:
48%
No, I wouldn't even consider it:
52%
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Children | No Children |
Yes, I would consider it:
39%
No, I wouldn't even consider it:
61%
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Yes, I would consider it:
57%
No, I wouldn't even consider it:
43%
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Would you consider sending your (real or hypothetical) children to a charter high school that concentrated its studies on science and technology? |
Yes, I would consider it:
53%
No, I wouldn't even consider it:
47%
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Children | No Children |
Yes, I would consider it:
41%
No, I wouldn't even consider it:
59%
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Yes, I would consider it:
65%
No, I wouldn't even consider it:
35%
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In general, should the St. Louis public school district sell the school buildings it no longer needs to charter, private, or religious groups that want to keep them open as schools? |
Yes:
28%
Yes, as long as they get a fair price:
39%
No:
32%
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If the St. Louis public school district public school building or the St. Louis parochial school building closest to your home were closing anyway, would you support its re-opening as a charter school? |
Yes:
53%
No:
39%
I don't live anywhere near the St. Louis public school district:
8%
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Do you have school age children? |
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