Questions - School Year and Discipline - July 19-20, 2011
68% Say School Discipline Is Too Easy These Days
56% Say Children Need To Spend More Time in School
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National Survey of
1,000 Adults
Conducted July 19-20, 2011
By Rasmussen Reports
1*
Do American children need to spend more time in school?
2*
Some people believe the school year should be extended to a 12 month
calendar. This would mean the end of summer vacation for students. Do you
favor or oppose extending the school year to a 12-month calendar?
3*
Is it good or bad for children to have a lengthy summer vacation?
4*
Are there life lessons learned during summer vacation that could never be
learned in a classroom?
5*
In many states, the school year now begins before Labor Day. Should the school
year begin in August or should school begin after Labor Day?
6*
What’s more important for success in life—formal education or street smarts?
7*
Is discipline in public schools too tough, too easy or about right?
8*
Is it harder for a teacher to maintain discipline in the classroom today than
it was when you were a child in school?
9*
Who is most responsible for a student's behavior in the classroom - the
student, the student's parents, the teacher, school authorities or the police?
NOTE: Margin of Sampling Error, +/- 3 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence
