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...three concerns of parents who withdrew their children centered on school quality: 32 percent questioned the strength of the academics, 11 percent cited safety and classroom management issues, and 10 percent pointed to sub-par teaching instruction...
While exactly 18 percent of both current and withdrawn parents pointed to the quality of education as the “single most important issue facing” the schools, 10 percent of current parents pointed to standardized test scores, compared to only four percent of parents who withdrew. In contrast, twice the number of withdrawn parents—12 percent versus six percent—said that a better and broader curriculum, including more attention for gifted students, is a key concern...
Fifty-five percent of potential parents support controlled-choice while 17 percent oppose it and 28 percent are unsure. Among parents with children in the school system, 78 percent support controlled-choice and 14 percent are opposed, while among parents who withdrew their children, 59 percent support it and 33 percent are opposed...
When asked, parents who withdrew their children from the system did not cite “not receiving a top choice school” as a major reason for leaving, but this could result from the fact that the reasons enumerated by withdrawn parents—the lack of a quality education, the lack of discipline, and poor teaching quality—are the very factors that had made the parents apply to other schools in the first place...
...Real results are more important than partisan battles, [and] good ideas should take precedence over rigid adherence to any particular political ideology.' MICHAEL BLOOMBERG, New York City mayor, who withdrew from the Republican Party and may run for President as an independent...