Dakota Poll: Parents satsified with SD's public education system
With classes recently under way in South Dakota public schools, a new DakotaPoll.com survey paints a picture of broad parental satisfaction with the state’s educational system.By: News release, Dakota Poll
With classes recently under way in South Dakota public schools, a new DakotaPoll.com survey paints a picture of broad parental satisfaction with the state’s educational system.
From Aug. 7 to 9, the Dakota Poll surveyed 400 registered voters who are parents and grandparents of students in South Dakota public schools, to determine their attitudes toward the quality of education children are receiving. The margin of error was 4.9 percent.
The Dakota Poll was conducted by RBI Strategies of Denver.
Results include:
* 85 percent of respondents said they are satisfied with “the quality of education students receive in kindergarten through grade 12 in South Dakota.”
* When asked to rate their level of satisfaction with the way local schools were handling a variety of eight different tasks, including “Making the community feel like a welcome part of the school system,” and “Encouraging students to get further education after high school” and “Preparing students for life and work as adults,” respondents reported high levels of satisfaction across the board.
The lowest level of satisfaction was 67 percent in response to the task of “Preparing students to succeed in a competitive global economy.”
The highest level of satisfaction was 84 percent in response to the question “Making the community feel like a welcome part of the school system.”
* Respondents showed a moderate concern that too little emphasis is placed on foreign language, art and music, and health.
However, 73 percent believe that the right amount of emphasis is being placed on “Reading and English;” 66 percent believe the right amount of emphasis is being placed on “Sciences;” 69 percent believe the right amount of emphasis is being placed on “Math;” and 67 percent believe the right amount of emphasis is being placed on “History.”
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