{"id":5971,"date":"2010-07-27T11:58:37","date_gmt":"2010-07-27T11:58:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/peterlevine.ws\/?p=5971"},"modified":"2010-07-27T11:58:37","modified_gmt":"2010-07-27T11:58:37","slug":"what-parents-and-other-adults-want-from-schools","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/peterlevine.ws\/?p=5971","title":{"rendered":"what parents (and other adults) want from schools"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>These are some interesting tidbits from a recent (June 2010) <a href=\"http:\/\/www.publicagenda.org\/pages\/math-and-science-ed-2010#Q5\">Public Agenda survey <\/a>of 1,400 Americans, including 646 parents of kids currently enrolled in k-12 schools.<\/p>\n<p>First, people are more concerned about behavioral issues than about academic &#8220;performance,&#8221; as that is typically measured:<\/p>\n<table border=\"1\">\n<tr>\n<td>The most pressing problem in your local schools:<\/td>\n<td>parents<\/td>\n<td>all respondents<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>  social problems and kids who misbehave<\/td>\n<td>63%<\/td>\n<td>56%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>  low academic standards &#038; outdated curricula<\/td>\n<td>27%<\/td>\n<td>31%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<p>Second, although people value <em>basic <\/em>writing and math skills, teamwork ranks higher on their list of priorities than scientific skills and principles.<\/p>\n<table border=\"1\">\n<tr>\n<td>Which of these are absolutely essential to learn in schools?:<\/td>\n<td>parents<\/td>\n<td>all respondents<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>   basic scientific ideas and principles<\/td>\n<td>60%<\/td>\n<td>56%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>   being able to work in a team<\/td>\n<td>80%<\/td>\n<td>74%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<p>Third, when asked what should be taught more or less in their own kids&#8217; schools, elementary school parents seem basically satisfied, but the most common request for more time is for computer and technology skills. I wish parents wanted more social studies, but that&#8217;s second-to-bottom on their priority list, right above art. Middle- and high-school parents rank it a bit higher, above advanced science, advanced math, fine arts, and sports\/gym.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>These are some interesting tidbits from a recent (June 2010) Public Agenda survey of 1,400 Americans, including 646 parents of kids currently enrolled in k-12 schools. First, people are more concerned about behavioral issues than about academic &#8220;performance,&#8221; as that is typically measured: The most pressing problem in your local schools: parents all respondents social [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5971","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-education-policy"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/peterlevine.ws\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5971","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/peterlevine.ws\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/peterlevine.ws\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peterlevine.ws\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peterlevine.ws\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5971"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/peterlevine.ws\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5971\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/peterlevine.ws\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5971"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peterlevine.ws\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5971"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peterlevine.ws\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5971"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}