Parents Want School Choice, Teachers’ Unions Don’t
In the latest survey by PDK International, a professional education association, shows that a majority of parents want school choice, dealing another blow to public education and the teachers’ unions. Overall, 59 percent of parents said that they “probably send to private or religious school,” if they were offered public funds to do so. Republicans were at 71 percent while Democrats were a surprising 47 percent, indicating that they are tiring of underperforming public schools.
On the question of parent satisfaction, 100 percent of parents of private school students said they were “somewhat” or “very satisfied” with the amount of say they have in their child’s education, compared to 59 percent of those in public schools.
The one positive note for public education is parent’s support for the Department of Education (DOE). Only 22 percent abolishing the DOE, which may be partly due to the uncertainty of education funding if the department is eliminated, as well as the methodology the Trump administration has employed to date to fulfill a pledge President Reagan made more than 40 years ago.
Don Irvine
Donald Irvine is the chairman of of Accuracy in Academia (AIA), a non-profit research group reporting on bias in education. Irvine follows his father’s legacy, Reed Irvine, to critically analyze the liberal media’s bias and brings over thirty years of media analysis experience. He has published countless blog posts and articles on media bias, in context of current events, and he has been interviewed by many news media outlets during his professional career. He currently hosts a livestream weekly show on AIA’s Facebook page which discusses current events.
Irvine graduated from the University of Maryland and rose up the ranks to become chairman of Accuracy in Media until his transition to AIA.
He resides in the suburbs around the nation’s capital and is a proud father and grandfather.
