2024 Education Survey Findings Reveal Attitudes about School Choice and More
Some recent surveys help us understand what people are thinking and doing when it comes to K-12 education. EdChoice, 50CAN, and PRiME Center all released survey research in 2024.
We previously blogged about the annual EdChoice Schooling in America Survey that found an all-time high of 64% of respondents feel K-12 education is headed in the wrong direction.
This seems to support parent survey results from 50CAN, a network of state-based education reform advocacy groups, that found only 45% of respondents are satisfied with their child’s school.
The PRiME (Policy Research in Missouri Education) Center at Saint Louis University released their Parent Poll 2024 results and it makes sense that 90% of respondents support Education Savings Account programs (like the MOScholars K-12 Scholarship Program here in Missouri) that allow families to make choices for the education of their children.
50CAN Survey of Educational Opportunities
CEAM partnered with 50CAN on the Missouri release of their Survey of Educational Opportunities, which endeavored to establish a baseline as the survey is in its very first year. The Survey of Educational Opportunities is trying to understand what Americans know, think and do when it comes to their children’s K-12 education. Survey questions all fall into five core areas that match 50CAN’s K-12 education priorities. They are:
- School Quality and Opportunity
- Tutoring, Summer and Mental Health
- Out of School Activities
- Information and Engagement
- College and Career Readiness
Under “School Quality and Opportunity”, the Missouri portion of the 50CAN survey found that only 54% of Missouri parents feel they have a choice in what school their child attends. That compares to 65% of Americans who feel they have a choice in what school their child attends.
The entire 50CAN survey results can be found here.
PRiME Center Parent Poll 2024
The Parent Poll 2024: Survey of Missouri and Arkansas Parents on Education Topics asked parents their opinions about four-day school weeks, homeschooling, college likelihood, teacher salaries and entering the workforce, and school choice.
While nine out of ten parents believe their child will attend some college after high school graduation, the reality is that only four to six in ten actually will.
The recently passed Senate Bill 727 has overwhelming support among Missouri parents with Independents and Democrats at 89% and Republicans at 92%. As mentioned above, support of MOScholars is also very high at 90%.
You can read all the questions and answers here.
EdChoice also released their annual Schooling in America results earlier this year. We blogged about that research here.