The Beach Boys' "Be True to Your School" must have been playing when a sampling of American adults recently answered questions for a Rasmussen Report survey.
While the new report finds that less than 25 percent of Americans rate the performance of public schools as good or excellent, they give much higher marks to the school their own child attends.
Newsmax.com gives more details from the survey and a link to the Rasmussen Report.
So, if everybody thinks their own child's school is great, where is public education failing? Tell us, East Valley: How would you grade your child's school? And how would you grade public education overall?
chaney1010 posted at 3:33 pm on Tue, Aug 14, 2012.
I'm curious of the participants of the polls. Parents probably rate their child's school high because they had more options than before to choose the right school for their child. GreatSchools.org and other websites allow parents to rate schools and "shop" for the perfect school. Parents are no limited to where they live as much anymore. Boundary exceptions and charters allow flexibility.
Mike McClellan posted at 5:08 pm on Tue, Aug 14, 2012.
This is just like the polls they do on Congress: Congress stinks, but my Congressman is fine.
We live with our blinders on.