Poll: Obama's education approval ratings drop

08-26-2010

Associated Press

A new Gallup Poll has found fewer Americans approve of the job President Barack Obama is doing in support of public education, but they continue to have a highly favorable opinion of their local schools. The drop in the president's education approval ratings — as found in the random telephone poll of about 1,000 Americans in June — mirrored the drop in his general approval rating in other recent polls, said Shane Lopez, senior scientist in residence for Gallup. The education poll released Wednesday was paid for by Phi Delta Kappa. It found 34 percent gave the president a grade of A or B for his work in support of public schools, compared with 45 percent at the same time in 2009. They gave even worse grades for the quality of the nation's schools, but said they approve of their local schools. (more…)

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