RETAINING TEACHER TALENT
Convergence and Contradictions in Teachers' Perceptions of Policy Reform Ideas
Media Type: PDF / YEAR: 2010
Research by Public Agenda and Learning Point Associates suggests that what teachers think are good indicators of effectiveness—and what they think will make them more effective—are not always aligned with current priorities in education policy.
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Issue Area(s): K-12 Education
SLIDESHOW: THE BUCK STOPS WHERE?
What D.C. Influencers and the Public Say about the National Debt
Media Type: PDF / YEAR: 2010
The November 2010 update of Public Agenda's public opinion surveys on this issue, is Part II in our series of reports designed to examine attitudes among Beltway "movers and shakers" on the nation's fiscal problems.
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Issue Area(s): Jobs & Economy, Federal Budget
SLIP SLIDING AWAY SURVEY RESULTS
Media Type: PDF / YEAR: 2010
Despite signs of recovery from the "Great Recession," significant numbers of Americans find themselves living lives of economic struggle, and worry about whether they'll keep a middle-class life in the long term.
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Issue Area(s): Jobs & Economy, Federal Budget
SQUEEZE PLAY (2010)
Continued Public Anxiety on Cost, Harsher Judgements on How Colleges are Run
Media Type: PDF / YEAR: 2010
Are college and universities doing all they can to keep costs under control?
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Issue Area(s): Higher Education
SURVEY RESULTS: BULLYING
Media Type: PDF / YEAR: 2010
Nearly three-quarters of Americans consider bullying and harassment a serious problem in their local public schools according to an April 2010 Public Agenda survey.
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Issue Area(s): K-12 Education, Children & Families
THE BUCK STOPS WHERE? (TOPLINE)
Topline Survey Results
Media Type: PDF / YEAR: 2010
The November 2010 update of Public Agenda's public opinion surveys on this issue, is Part II in our series of reports designed to examine attitudes among Beltway "movers and shakers" on the nation's fiscal problems.
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Issue Area(s): Jobs & Economy, Federal Budget
A PLACE TO CALL HOME
What Immigrants Say Now About Life in America
Media Type: PDF / YEAR: 2009
Immigrants are holding fast to their belief that America remains the land of opportunity, according to a new Public Agenda study.
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Issue Area(s): Immigration, Children & Families, Race
BEGINNING WITH THE END IN MIND
A Call for Goal-Driven Deliberative Practice
Media Type: PDF / YEAR: 2009
Public Agenda teams up with Martín Carcasson from the Center for Public Deliberation at Colorado State University to disseminate his latest thinking about the goals and consequences of public deliberation.
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Issue Area(s): Public Engagement/Deliberative Democracy
BEYOND DEBATE
Impacts of Deliberative Issue Framing on Group Dialogue and Problem Solving
Media Type: PDF / YEAR: 2009
The research summarized in this article was conducted in order to gain a deeper understanding of one key element of these proper conditions: framing issues for deliberation.
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Issue Area(s): Public Engagement/Deliberative Democracy
CAMPUS COMMONS
What Faculty, Financial Officers and Others Think About Controlling College Costs
Media Type: PDF / YEAR: 2009
A report by Public Agenda points to the need for policymakers, public higher education leadership, and faculty to work together to find ways to keep public higher education costs under control.
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Issue Area(s): Higher Education
DEMOCRACY, GROWING UP
The Shifts That Reshaped Local Politics and Foreshadowed the 2008 Presidential Election
Media Type: PDF / YEAR: 2009
In this report, Matt Leighninger summarizes and updates his main arguments on the larger patterns in the many strands of the deliberative democracy movement that have been emerging in recent years.
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Issue Area(s): Public Engagement/Deliberative Democracy
IMPRESSIONS OF HIV/AIDS IN AMERICA
A Report On Conversations With People Throughout The Country
Media Type: PDF / YEAR: 2009
A generation after it was first discovered, what do most Americans know about HIV/AIDS? Do they know how it is transmitted and treated?
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Issue Area(s): Health Care, Science & Society
PROMISING PRACTICES IN ONLINE ENGAGEMENT
Media Type: PDF / YEAR: 2009
The fact that the Internet is one of the most powerful organizing tools in history is both thrilling and vexing to public engagement practitioners working to create the conditions for more effective public involvement in public life.
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Issue Area(s): Public Engagement/Deliberative Democracy
PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT AND AMERICA'S GROWING LATINO POPULATION
Media Type: PDF / YEAR: 2009
Understanding the barriers to, and opportunities for, more empowered participation of Latino populations is a pressing need facing advocates of deliberative democracy.
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Issue Area(s): Immigration, Public Engagement/Deliberative Democracy, Race
RETAINING TEACHER TALENT
The View from Generation Y
Media Type: PDF / YEAR: 2009
The observations in this report are based on a national, random-sample survey of 890 public school teachers conducted in spring and summer 2009.
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Issue Area(s): K-12 Education
SQUEEZE PLAY (2009)
The Public's Views on College Costs Today
Media Type: PDF / YEAR: 2009
Public Agenda's latest Squeeze Play survey finds many people feeling uneasy about a key element of the American dream: a college education.
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Issue Area(s): Higher Education
THE ENERGY LEARNING CURVE
Coming from different starting points, the public sees similar solutions
Media Type: PDF / YEAR: 2009
The Energy Learning Curve report, released in association with Planet Forward, finds the American people reaching common ground on at least 10 major energy proposals, particularly on alternative energy.
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Issue Area(s): Energy & Environment
VOTERS' EXPERIENCES IN 2008 AND THE FUTURE OF ENGAGEMENT
Media Type: PDF / YEAR: 2009
New research from Public Agenda shows voters are primed for further engagement in civic life, whether they voted for Barack Obama or not.
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Issue Area(s): Voting & Government
A MATTER OF TRUST
Ten Key Insights from Recent Public Opinion Research on Attitudes About Education Among Hispanic Parents, Students and Young Adults
Media Type: PDF / YEAR: 2008
Public Agenda report, prepared for IBM's summit on "America's Competitiveness: Hispanic Participation in Technology Careers"
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Issue Area(s): K-12 Education, Workforce, Jobs & Economy, Race, Science & Society
A MISSION OF THE HEART
What Does it Take to Transform a School?
Media Type: PDF / YEAR: 2008
What does it really take to transform a troubled school into one where students thrive?
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Issue Area(s): K-12 Education
CONFIDENCE IN U.S. FOREIGN POLICY INDEX: VOLUME 6 SPRING 2008
Energy, Economy New Focus Points for Anxiety Over U.S. Foreign Policy
Media Type: PDF / YEAR: 2008
The Spring 2008 edition of the Confidence in U.S. Foreign Policy Index shows rising fears about the health of the U.S. economy are spilling over into the public’s thinking about foreign policy.
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Issue Area(s): Foreign Policy
OUT BEFORE THE GAME BEGINS
Hispanic Leaders Talk about What’s Needed to Bring More Hispanic Youngsters Into Science, Technology and Math Professions
Media Type: PDF / YEAR: 2008
This Public Agenda report is based on in-depth interviews with 19 key leaders from vastly different fields and backgrounds.
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Issue Area(s): K-12 Education, Workforce, Jobs & Economy, Race
PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT
A Primer from Public Agenda
Media Type: PDF / YEAR: 2008
In this document Public Agenda offers a brief summary of the essential elements of our evolving approach to public engagement.
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Issue Area(s): Public Engagement/Deliberative Democracy
PUTTING THE PIECES TOGETHER
How Do Citizens and Experts See the Energy Issue?
Media Type: PDF / YEAR: 2008
The new research uncovers a serious barrier to advancing national dialogue on energy issues: the profound mismatch in how leaders and the public define the problem and think about solutions
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Issue Area(s): Energy & Environment
THE IRON TRIANGLE
College Presidents Talk about Costs, Access and Quality
Media Type: PDF / YEAR: 2008
“The Iron Triangle” examines the views of more than two dozen college and university presidents who shared their thoughts with us in lengthy, one-on-one interviews.
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Issue Area(s): Higher Education
COMPASSION, CONCERN AND CONFLICTED FEELINGS
New Yorkers on Homelessness and Housing
Media Type: PDF / YEAR: 2007
Affordable housing is named as the chief concern facing New York City, and more than one-third say they feel personally vulnerable to becoming homeless.
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Issue Area(s): Workforce, Jobs & Economy
CONFIDENCE IN U.S. FOREIGN POLICY INDEX: VOLUME 4 SPRING 2007
Anxious Public Pulling Back from Use of Force
Media Type: PDF / YEAR: 2007
Public anxiety about America's place in the world has reached troubling levels. The Spring 2007 edition of the Confidence in U.S. Foreign Policy Index suggests that Americans' anguish over Iraq is spilling over into other areas of foreign policy.
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Issue Area(s): Foreign Policy
CONFIDENCE IN U.S. FOREIGN POLICY INDEX: VOLUME 5 FALL 2007
Loss of Faith: Public's Belief in Effective Solutions Eroding
Media Type: PDF / YEAR: 2007
This edition of the index, examining two years of data, finds the public doubts U.S. foreign policy is working and is increasingly skeptical about whether anything can turn the situation around.
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Issue Area(s): Foreign Policy
IMPORTANT, BUT NOT FOR ME
Parents and Students in Kansas and Missouri Talk About Math, Science & Technology Education
Media Type: PDF / YEAR: 2007
Explores the growing consensus that unless schools do more to train young Americans with strong skills in math, science and technology, U.S. leadership in the world economy is at risk.
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Issue Area(s): K-12 Education, Jobs & Economy, Science & Society
LESSONS LEARNED SERIES: ISSUE NO. 1
They're Not Little Kids Anymore
Media Type: PDF / YEAR: 2007
First in the "Lessons Learned: New Teachers Talk About Their Jobs, Challenges and Long-Range Plans" series of reports.
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Issue Area(s): K-12 Education