Issue Area: Children & Families
BOOSTING PARENTAL INVOLVEMENT
Media Type: SLIDESHOW / YEAR: 2012
Large numbers of parents are unfamiliar with what their children should be learning and don’t want them to be further challenged, according to a Public Agenda nationwide survey of children enrolled in public schools.
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Issue Area(s): K-12 Education, Children & Families
FAILURE IS NOT AN OPTION
How Principals, Teachers, Students and Parents from Ohio's High-Achieving, High-Poverty Schools Explain Their Success
Media Type: PDF / YEAR: 2012
In spite of high poverty, tight budgets, sub-optimal parent participation and ill preparation, there are schools that produce extraordinary students and remarkable stories of success.
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Issue Area(s): K-12 Education, Children & Families
THE INVISIBLE DREAM
Creating a New Conversation About the American Dream
Media Type: PDF / YEAR: 2012
What is the American Dream? What do we need to help more Americans achieve it? Does the way we talk and think about the Dream hinder our ability to achieve it?
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Issue Area(s): Jobs & Economy, Health Care, Children & Families
WHAT'S TRUST GOT TO DO WITH IT?
A Communications and Engagement Guide for School Leaders Tackling the Problem of Persistently Failing Schools
Media Type: PDF / YEAR: 2011
Public Agenda's latest report offers a critical resource for leaders seeking to transform the nation's persistently failing schools.
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Issue Area(s): K-12 Education, Children & Families
A TIME TO LEARN, A TIME TO GROW
California Parents Talk About Summertime And Summer Programs
Media Type: PDF / YEAR: 2010
A Public Agenda survey of over 1,200 parents in California, with interviews conducted in English and Spanish, finds a gap between what parents want for their children during the summer and the activities in which their children were able to participate.
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Issue Area(s): K-12 Education, Children & Families
BULLYING IN SCHOOLS - FULL SURVEY RESULTS
Media Type: PDF / YEAR: 2010
The survey was conducted as part of the Princeton Survey Research International (PSRAI) April omnibus conducted from April 8 - April 11, 2010, and 1,001 adults were interviewed.
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Issue Area(s): K-12 Education, Children & Families
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
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
ALL WORK AND NO PLAY
Listening to What Kids and Parents Really Want from Out-of-School Time
Media Type: PDF / YEAR: 2004
In this survey of teens and parents, Public Agenda found the vast majority of students regularly participate in organized activities in their out-of-school time.
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Issue Area(s): K-12 Education, Children & Families, Race
A LOT EASIER SAID THAN DONE
Parents Talk about Raising Children in Today's America
Media Type: PDF / YEAR: 2002
A majority of parents surveyed say American society is an inhospitable climate for raising children, where parents can never let down their guard in the face of popular culture, drugs and crime.
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Issue Area(s): Children & Families
WHAT PARENTS ARE SAYING ABOUT TV TODAY
A Report from Public Agenda for the Family-Friendly Progamming Forum
Media Type: PDF / YEAR: 2002
Based on Public Agenda's broader research on families, this analysis outlines parents' concerns about sex, violence, and profanity on TV and profiles some of the important differences among various groups.
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Issue Area(s): Children & Families
WHEN IT'S YOUR OWN CHILD
A Report on Special Education from the Families Who Use It
Media Type: PDF / YEAR: 2002
The stigma once attached to children with disabilities is disappearing, according to parents of special education students.
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Issue Area(s): K-12 Education, Children & Families
NECESSARY COMPROMISES
How Parents, Employers and Children's Advocates View Child Care Today
Media Type: PDF / YEAR: 2000
Parents struggle with fears and concerns over who should care for their children, believing the primary responsibility of child care rests with them.
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Issue Area(s): Early Childhood, Children & Families
KIDS THESE DAYS '99
What Americans Really Think about the Next Generation
Media Type: PDF / YEAR: 1999
The second in a series of studies to document Americans' attitudes towards the nation's youth.
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Issue Area(s): Children & Families
PLAYING THEIR PARTS
Parents & Teachers Talk About Parental Involvement In Public Schools
Media Type: PDF / YEAR: 1999
This study is based on two national surveys, one with 1,000 public school teachers and the other with 1,220 parents of children in public schools.
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Issue Area(s): K-12 Education, Children & Families
KIDS THESE DAYS
The Views of African American, Hispanic and White Parents
Media Type: PDF / YEAR: 1997
This study examines the gap between the public's expressed concern for America's children and the realities for children at risk that citizens appear willing to live with. It is based on a series of focus groups in six cities across the nation.
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Issue Area(s): Children & Families, Race
TALKING ABOUT CHILDREN
A Focus Group Report
Media Type: PDF / YEAR: 1995
Americans generally express great concern about the nation's children. Yet, as a society, they tolerate a climate that is increasingly hostile to children's well-being.
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Issue Area(s): Children & Families
I'M CALLING MY LAWYER
In this pilot study, many teachers and school administrators reported that the possibility of being sued or accused of abuse is ever present in their minds.
Media Type: PDF
In this pilot study, many teachers and school administrators reported that the possibility of being sued or accused of abuse is ever present in their minds.
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Issue Area(s): K-12 Education, Children & Families