Here is the Link for PDK-Gallup Poll

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1. Raj says:

   August 23, 2015 at 11:56 pm

   Interesting

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2. David Greene says:

   August 24, 2015 at 9:46 am

   The opening line says it all. Student engagement in school and feel hopeful about their future are far better factors to be considered when evaluating schools than using standardized test scores.”

   NO surprise there.

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3. Linda says:

   August 24, 2015 at 2:34 pm

   PDK exemplifies what’s wrong with education reporting. For example, the questionnaire asked how respondents heard about Common Core. The national answer was overwhelmingly “media”, at 33. The 2nd highest answer was 25. Where was the follow-up question about the message that the media had conveyed to the respondent?

   Anti-public pension bias in the media and, the bias of polls, provided a distorted picture to the public, about pensions, upon which plutocrats capitalized. The public had no opinion nor knowledge about the topic, until one-sided messages filled the media. The truth had no advocate. PDK committed the same error. Without the context of billions spent by oligarchs on “failing schools” propaganda, respondent questions and answers shed no light.

   Politicians have a national podium to say public teachers are lazy and incompetent. They promote Common Core as a plan to help minorities. Both political parties say school choice is a perfect solution, and there’s no opposition listing the adverse side effects. Then, pollsters ask questions, as if public opinion had been formed in a vacuum.
   If we need an example, of a lack of critical thinking, we need look no farther than PDK.

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4. KRLemmons says:

   August 29, 2015 at 7:44 pm

   Reblogged this on Lifelong Quest.

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