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Investing in smaller classes and better teachers attracts wide support.

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March 14th, 2008

-95% of Americans believe smaller class sizes would be effective in attracting and retaining teachers, and 87% believe higher salaries for beginning teachers would accomplish the same. (Gallup, September 2007)

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“The 39th Annual Phi Delta Kappa/Gallup Poll of the Public’s Attitudes Toward The Public Schools,” Lowell C. Rose & Alec M. Gallup, September 2007. http://www.pdkmembers.org/members_online/publications/e-GALLUP/kpoll_pdfs/pdkpoll39_2007.pdf.
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Negative views of No Child Left Behind are growing rapidly.

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March 14th, 2008

-A plurality (40%) had an unfavorable view of No Child Left Behind in 2007, up from 13% in 2003.(Gallup, September 2007)

-52% of public school parents said in 2007 there is too much emphasis on testing, up from 32% in 2002. (Only 43% of all adults agree there is too much emphasis, up from 31%.) (Gallup, September 2007) more »

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“The 39th Annual Phi Delta Kappa/Gallup Poll of the Public’s Attitudes Toward The Public Schools,” Lowell C. Rose & Alec M. Gallup, September 2007. http://www.pdkmembers.org/members_online/publications/e-GALLUP/kpoll_pdfs/pdkpoll39_2007.pdf
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Americans believe in public schools and support their government being involved.

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March 14th, 2008

-79% say: “The government – local, state or federal – should be responsible for funding preschool education for all children in the U.S.”17 (Harris Interactive, May 2007)

-72% support reform of the public school system, versus only 26% who want an alternative to public schools.18 (Gallup, September 2007) more »

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“Public Policy: Economy, Workforce, Funding” Harris Interactive, May 2007. https://www.pnc.com/webapp/unsec/Requester?resource=/wcm/resources/file/ebc8fe068732013/PNC_Study_Findings_Public_Policy_0507.pdf. “The 39th Annual Phi Delta Kappa/Gallup Poll of the Public’s Attitudes Toward The Public Schools,” Lowell C. Rose & Alec M. Gallup, September 2007. http://www.pdkmembers.org/members_online/publications/e-GALLUP/kpoll_pdfs/pdkpoll39_2007.pdf.
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Poor Air Quality in Schools Equal Student Days Absent

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March 14th, 2008

The American Lung Association reported that “American children missed more than 12 million school days in 2000 because of asthma exacerbated by poor indoor air quality”.

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American Federation of Teachers. 2006. Building Minds, Minding Buildings: Turning Our Crumbling Schools into Environments for Learning. http://www.aft.org/topics/building-conditions/downloads/minding-bldgs.pdf.
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School Infrastructure Fails the Test

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March 14th, 2008

The American Society of Civil Engineers gave America’s school infrastructure a “D”.

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Rebuild America's Schools. "Our nation's children deserve modern schools." http://www.modernschools.org/.
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The Benefits of High-Quality Pre-K

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March 14th, 2008
The Benefits of High-Quality Pre-K

Pre-k benefits children, their families, and their communities. From improved academic outcomes to the economic savings to schools and states, the benefits of high-quality pre-k are irrefutable. more »

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Public Investment in Pre-K Saves in the Long Run

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March 14th, 2008

Every dollar invested in early childhood education yields seven times that in savings, with less need for special ed, welfare and criminal justice services.

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Pre-K Now. "The Benefits of High Quality Pre-K" http://www.preknow.org/advocate/factsheets/benefits.cfm.
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Students Dropping Out of High School--Still a Problem

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March 14th, 2008

Only 70% of entering freshmen and barely half of students of color finish high school with a regular diploma four years later. Every school day, nearly 7,000 American high school students become dropouts.

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Alliance for Excellent Education, “In Need of Improvement: NCLB and High Schools,” November 2007. http://www.all4ed.org/files/NCLB_HighSchools.pdf.
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Public School Teachers Not Paid Enough to Keep up with Soaring Costs

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March 14th, 2008

Over the past 10 years, the average salary for public schoolteachers increased only 1.3 percent after adjusting for inflation, not enough to keep pace with the soaring costs of housing, health care and gasoline.

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“Teacher Salary Lags Behind Inflation,” National Education Association, 10 December 2007. http://www.nea.org/newsreleases/2007/nr071210.html.
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No Child Left Behind Has Failed

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March 14th, 2008

After 7 years of No Child Left Behind, only 1 in 3 fourth graders are reading at or above proficiency levels. The policy has left African Americans even further behind: only 1 in 10 black fourth graders are reaching these levels.

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“The Nations' Report Card: Reading 2007,”. U.S. Department of Education. http://nces.ed.gov/nationsreportcard/pdf/main2007/2007496.pdf. “Next Round Begins For No Child Left Behind,” Christian Science Monitor, 8 January 2007. http://www.csmonitor.com/2007/0108/p01s01-uspo.html
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