Issue Area: Race
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
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
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
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
SQUEEZE PLAY (2008)
How Parents and the Public Look at Higher Education Today
Media Type: PDF / YEAR: 2008
A record number of Americans now say a college education is necessary for success in the workplace and the vast majority say costs should not prevent qualified students from attending.
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Issue Area(s): Higher Education, Race
WALKING A MILE: A FIRST STEP TOWARD MUTUAL UNDERSTANDING
A Qualitative Study Exploring How Indians and Non-Indians Think About Each Other
Media Type: PDF / YEAR: 2007
This study explores the attitudes of American Indians and non-Indians about Indians' heritage, historical roles, relationships and contributions to society, as well as their views about each other.
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Issue Area(s): Race
REALITY CHECK 2006, ISSUE NO. 2
How Black and Hispanic Families Rate Their Schools
Media Type: PDF / YEAR: 2006
The second in a series of Reality Check reports finds that black and Hispanic students are more likely than their white counterparts to report "very serious" problems in their schools on both academic and social dimensions.
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Issue Area(s): K-12 Education, 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
PUBLIC ATTITUDES ON HIGHER EDUCATION
A Trend Analysis, 1993 to 2003
Media Type: PDF / YEAR: 2004
This analysis finds that parents of high school students are increasingly worried about access to college.
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Issue Area(s): Higher Education, Race
NOW THAT I'M HERE
What Americas Immigrants Have to Say about Life in the U.S. Today
Media Type: PDF / YEAR: 2003
A survey of immigrants finds an overwhelming majority committed to working hard and staying off government assistance.
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Issue Area(s): Immigration, Race
GREAT EXPECTATIONS
How the Public and Parents - White, African-American and Hispanic - View Higher Education
Media Type: PDF / YEAR: 2000
This survey finds that a towering 87% of Americans believe that a college education has become as important as a high school diploma used to be.
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Issue Area(s): Higher Education, Race
HERE TO STAY
The Domestic and International Priorities of Latino Leaders
Media Type: PDF / YEAR: 1998
First comprehensive survey of native and foreign-born U.S. Latino leaders about their concerns and practices for U.S. policy.
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Issue Area(s): Immigration, Foreign Policy, Race
TIME TO MOVE ON
African American & White Parents Set and Agenda for Public Schools
Media Type: PDF / YEAR: 1998
This comprehensive national study takes an in-depth look at the views of black and white parents toward public school integration, academic standards, and student achievement as well as parental involvement, teacher quality, safety and discipline.
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Issue Area(s): K-12 Education, Race
GETTING BY
What American Teenagers Really Think About Their Schools
Media Type: PDF / YEAR: 1997
Public high school students are the focus of this national telephone survey that examines how teens view their schools, teachers and the learning process.
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Issue Area(s): K-12 Education, Race
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
A LOT TO BE THANKFUL FOR
What Parents Want Children to Learn about America
Media Type: PDF
This ground-breaking study investigates native-born and foreign-born parents' beliefs on whether a set of "American values" should be taught to kids by the public schools and, if so, what this would mean.
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Issue Area(s): K-12 Education, Civic Education, Immigration, Voting & Government, Race