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Confronting Louisiana’s Dropout Dilemma
1
. How important do you feel it is for students to graduate from high school?
How important do you feel it is for students to graduate from high school?
Very important
Somewhat important
Somewhat Unimportant
Very Unimportant
Don’t know/Refused
2
. How important to you is the issue of the high-school dropout rate?
How important to you is the issue of the high-school dropout rate?
Very important
Somewhat important
Somewhat Unimportant
Very Unimportant
Don’t know/Refused
3
. In your opinion, do public schools in the state of Louisiana do a good job of preparing children for the real world?
In your opinion, do public schools in the state of Louisiana do a good job of preparing children for the real world?
Yes
No
Don’t Know
4
. In your opinion, do public schools in the state of Louisiana do a good job encouraging students to graduate?
In your opinion, do public schools in the state of Louisiana do a good job encouraging students to graduate?
Yes
No
Don't Know
5
. In your opinion, what is the main reason students drop out of public schools?
In your opinion, what is the main reason students drop out of public schools?
a lack of connection to the school environment
a perception that school is boring
feeling unmotivated
academic challenges
crime
pregnancy
parental apathy
poor teachers
Don’t Know
Other (please specify)
6
. In your opinion, who is primarily responsible for DECREASING the public high-school dropout rate?
In your opinion, who is primarily responsible for DECREASING the public high-school dropout rate?
Students
Parents
Teachers
Government
Don't Know/Refused
Other (please specify)
7
. What about the state sales tax, would you say that the state sales tax is too high and needs to be reduced, too low and needs to be increased, or just about right?
What about the state sales tax, would you say that the state sales tax is too high and needs to be reduced, too low and needs to be increased, or just about right?
Federal government
State government
Local government
School district
Other (please specify)
Don’t Know/Refused
Other (please specify)
8
. In your opinion, which of the following efforts would do the most to increase public high school graduation rates?
In your opinion, which of the following efforts would do the most to increase public high school graduation rates?
Involving the parents
Offering more career track diplomas
Enhance the connection between school and employment
Lowering standards for graduation
Early childhood education/outreach
Hiring better teachers
Eliminating teacher tenure
Anti-pregnancy campaigns
Don't know/Refused
Other (please specify)
9
. Would you be willing to fund programs to decrease dropout rates via an increase in your taxes?
Would you be willing to fund programs to decrease dropout rates via an increase in your taxes?
Yes
No
Don’t know
10
. Which of the following options, in your opinion, would have the biggest impact on decreasing the drop out rate?
Which of the following options, in your opinion, would have the biggest impact on decreasing the drop out rate?
Invest in early childhood education
Invest in alternative programs
Invest in re-engaging dropouts
Provide incentives for kids to show up to school
Other
Don’t Know
11
. In your opinion are high school drop-out rates higher in rural or urban areas?
In your opinion are high school drop-out rates higher in rural or urban areas?
Urban
Rural
About the same
Don’t know
12
. In your opinion which risk factors make a kid most likely to drop out?
In your opinion which risk factors make a kid most likely to drop out?
Hanging out with the wrong crowd
Divorced parents
Lower economic strata
Parents in trouble with the law
Child is in trouble with the law
Involvement with Drugs
13
. Do you think identifying risk factors early-on in a child’s education and developing programs for those kids would help?
Do you think identifying risk factors early-on in a child’s education and developing programs for those kids would help?
Yes
No
Don’t Know
14
. In your opinion when should kids be targeted with anti-drop-out programs?
In your opinion when should kids be targeted with anti-drop-out programs?
Elementary School
Middle School/Junior High
High School
Don’t Know
15
. When teaching high school students, in your opinion what’s more important: well-rounded academic skills, or specific job training skills?
When teaching high school students, in your opinion what’s more important: well-rounded academic skills, or specific job training skills?
Academic skills
Job skills
Both
Neither
Don’t Know
16
. In your opinion is a person a high school dropout if they have their GED?
In your opinion is a person a high school dropout if they have their GED?
Yes
No
17
. Do you have children in school right now?
Do you have children in school right now?
Yes
No
18
. IF YES – Are they in a public school, a private school, a charter school or something else?
IF YES – Are they in a public school, a private school, a charter school or something else?
Public
Private
Charter
Other (please specify)
19
. IF NO – Do you have older children who were educated in the state of Louisiana?
IF NO – Do you have older children who were educated in the state of Louisiana?
Yes
No
20
. IF YES – And were they educated in public, private, charter or other schools in the state?
IF YES – And were they educated in public, private, charter or other schools in the state?
Public
Private
Charter
Other (please specify)
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