CHOICE
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Section 2: Other Categories
Cyber Schooling
Question 1: It is becoming common for education courses after high school to be taken online. Should the high school in your community require every student to take at least one course online while in high school? (Asked in: 2005.)
[Code: 811-ChoOC-1]
Question 2: There are increasing opportunities for students to earn high school credits online over the Internet without attending a regular school. Generally speaking, do you approve or disapprove of this practice? (Asked in: 2001, 2007, 2009.)
[Code: 9-ChoOC-2]
Question 3: Would you be willing or not willing to have a child of yours go through high school taking most courses online over the Internet at home instead of attending a regular school? (Asked in: 2001, 2007.)
[Code: 10-ChoOC-3]
Home Schooling
Question 4: Do you feel that home schooling contributes to raising the nation's academic standards or not? (Asked in: 2001.)
[Code: 11-ChoOH-4]
Question 5: Do you feel that home schooling promotes good citizenship or not? (Asked in: 2001.)
[Code: 12-ChoOH-5]
Question 6: Do you think that home schools should or should not be required to guarantee a minimum level of educational quality? (Asked in: 1997.)
[Code: 13-ChoOH-6]
Question 7: Do you think that parents should or should not have the legal right to educate their children at home? (Asked in: 1988.)
[Code: 14-ChoOH-7]
Question 8: Do you think that the home-schools should or should not be required to meet the same teacher certification standards as the public schools? (Asked in: 1988.)
[Code: 15-ChoOH-8]
Question 9: Recently, there has been a movement toward home schools -- that is, situations in which parents keep their children at home to teach the children themselves. Do you think that this movement is a good thing or a bad thing for the nation? (Asked in: 1985, 1988, 1997, 2001.)
[Code: 16-ChoOH-9]
Question 10: Would you favor or oppose making the following public school services available, at public expense, to children who are schooled at home? Special education courses for disabled or handicapped children The opportunity for home-schooling teachers to participate in local public school teacher development activities The opportunity to participate in public school extracurricular activities Driver's education Transportation services (Asked in: 1999.)
[Code: 17-ChoOH-10]
Question 11: Would you favor or oppose requiring children who are schooled at home to take all state and national assessment test that public school students are required to take? (Asked in: 1999.)
[Code: 18-ChoOH-11]
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POLL RESULTS
Cyber Schooling
Question 1: It is becoming common for education courses after high school to be taken online. Should the high school in your community require every student to take at least one course online while in high school? (Asked in: 2005.)
[Code: 811-ChoOC-1]
National Totals |
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Year | Yes, Should % |
No, Should Not % |
Don't Know % |
2005 | 39 |
56 |
5 |
Question 2: There are increasing opportunities for students to earn high school credits online over the Internet without attending a regular school. Generally speaking, do you approve or disapprove of this practice? (Asked in: 2001, 2007, 2009.)
[Code: 9-ChoOC-2]
National Totals |
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Year | Approve % |
Disapprove % |
Don't Know % |
2009 | 47 |
53 |
- |
2007 | 41 |
58 |
1 |
2001 | 30 |
67 |
3 |
Question 3: Would you be willing or not willing to have a child of yours go through high school taking most courses online over the Internet at home instead of attending a regular school? (Asked in: 2001, 2007.)
[Code: 10-ChoOC-3]
National Totals |
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Year | Willing % |
Not Willing % |
Don't Know % |
2007 | 27 |
73 |
* |
2001 | 49 |
49 |
2 |
*Less than one-half of one percent. |
Home Schooling
Question 4: Do you feel that home schooling contributes to raising the nation's academic standards or not? (Asked in: 2001.)
[Code: 11-ChoOH-4]
National Totals |
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Year | Yes, Helps Raise Academic Standards % |
No, Does Not Raise Academic Standards % |
Don't Know % |
2001 | 43 |
50 |
7 |
Question 5: Do you feel that home schooling promotes good citizenship or not? (Asked in: 2001.)
[Code: 12-ChoOH-5]
National Totals |
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Year | Yes, Promotes Good Citizenship % |
No, Does Not Promote Good Citizenship % |
Don't Know % |
2001 | 46 |
49 |
5 |
Question 6: Do you think that home schools should or should not be required to guarantee a minimum level of educational quality? (Asked in: 1997.)
[Code: 13-ChoOH-6]
National Totals |
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Year | Should % |
Should Not % |
Don't Know % |
1997 | 88 |
10 |
2 |
Question 7: Do you think that parents should or should not have the legal right to educate their children at home? (Asked in: 1988.)
[Code: 14-ChoOH-7]
National Totals |
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Year | Should % |
Should Not % |
Don't Know % |
1988 | 53 |
39 |
8 |
Question 8: Do you think that the home-schools should or should not be required to meet the same teacher certification standards as the public schools? (Asked in: 1988.)
[Code: 15-ChoOH-8]
National Totals |
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Year | Should % |
Should Not % |
Don't Know % |
1988 | 82 |
12 |
6 |
Question 9: Recently, there has been a movement toward home schools -- that is, situations in which parents keep their children at home to teach the children themselves. Do you think that this movement is a good thing or a bad thing for the nation? (Asked in: 1985, 1988, 1997, 2001.)
[Code: 16-ChoOH-9]
National Totals |
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Year |
Good % |
Bad % |
Don't Know % |
2001 | 41 |
54 |
5 |
1997 | 36 |
57 |
7 |
1988 | 28 |
59 |
13 |
1985 | 16 |
73 |
11 |
Question 10: Would you favor or oppose making the following public school services available, at public expense, to children who are schooled at home? Special education courses for disabled or handicapped children The opportunity for home-schooling teachers to participate in local public school teacher development activities The opportunity to participate in public school extracurricular activities Driver's education Transportation services (Asked in: 1999.)
[Code: 17-ChoOH-10]
Year 1999 National Totals |
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Yes % |
No
% |
Don't Know % |
|
Driver's education |
73 |
26 |
1 |
Special education courses for disabled or handicapped children |
92 |
7 |
1 |
The opportunity for home-schooling teachers to participate in local public school teacher development activities? |
80 |
18 |
2 |
The opportunity to participate in public school extracurricular activities? |
74 |
25 |
1 |
Transportation services? |
53 |
44 |
3 |
Question 11: Would you favor or oppose requiring children who are schooled at home to take all state and national assessment test that public school students are required to take? (Asked in: 1999.)
[Code: 18-ChoOH-11]
National Totals |
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Year | Favor % |
Oppose % |
Don't Know % |
1999 | 92 |
7 |
1 |
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