Most Important Issue in K-12 Public Education in Texas (August 2022)
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| category | Total |
|---|---|
| Conservative curriculum concerns | 9% |
| Education / Teacher quality | 6% |
| Safety | 6% |
| General curriculum concerns | 5% |
| Funding | 4% |
| Teacher pay | 4% |
| Teacher recruitment / retention / shortage | 4% |
| Testing | 3% |
| Politicization of schools by Reps | 3% |
| Liberal curriculum concerns | 2% |
| Politicization of schools | 2% |
| Vouchers / School choice | 1% |
| Politicization of schools by Dems | 1% |
| Lack of parental input | 1% |
| Discipline | 1% |
| Other | 8% |
| Don’t know | 41% |
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| Category | Democrat | Independent | Republican |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative curriculum concerns | 1% | 5% | 17% |
| Education / Teacher quality | 6% | 8% | 6% |
| Safety | 8% | 4% | 4% |
| General curriculum concerns | 4% | 4% | 7% |
| Funding | 8% | 6% | 1% |
| Teacher pay | 6% | 1% | 3% |
| Teacher recruitment / retention / shortage | 5% | 6% | 2% |
| Testing | 3% | 4% | 3% |
| Politicization of schools by Reps | 7% | 2% | 0% |
| Liberal curriculum concerns | 5% | 2% | 1% |
| Politicization of schools | 2% | 3% | 3% |
| Vouchers / School choice | 0% | 3% | 3% |
| Politicization of schools by Dems | 0% | 0% | 2% |
| Lack of parental input | 0% | 0% | 1% |
| Discipline | 0% | 1% | 1% |
| Other | 7% | 5% | 9% |
| Don’t know | 38% | 47% | 38% |
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| Category | Lean Democrat | Not very strong Democrat | Strong Democrat |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative curriculum concerns | 1% | 1% | 1% |
| Education / Teacher quality | 10% | 6% | 5% |
| Safety | 6% | 11% | 8% |
| General curriculum concerns | 5% | 4% | 3% |
| Funding | 9% | 7% | 7% |
| Teacher pay | 10% | 2% | 6% |
| Teacher recruitment / retention / shortage | 2% | 2% | 8% |
| Testing | 3% | 4% | 3% |
| Politicization of schools by Reps | 9% | 4% | 7% |
| Liberal curriculum concerns | 7% | 2% | 5% |
| Politicization of schools | 2% | 3% | 1% |
| Vouchers / School choice | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Politicization of schools by Dems | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Lack of parental input | 0% | 1% | 0% |
| Discipline | 3% | 7% | 8% |
| Other | 33% | 47% | 36% |
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| Category | Lean Republican | Not very strong Republican | Strong Republican |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative curriculum concerns | 13% | 13% | 22% |
| Education / Teacher quality | 6% | 6% | 5% |
| Safety | 5% | 6% | 3% |
| General curriculum concerns | 13% | 3% | 7% |
| Funding | 2% | 1% | 1% |
| Teacher pay | 4% | 3% | 2% |
| Teacher recruitment / retention / shortage | 1% | 1% | 3% |
| Testing | 3% | 2% | 2% |
| Politicization of schools by Reps | 0% | 1% | 1% |
| Liberal curriculum concerns | 3% | 3% | 3% |
| Politicization of schools | 4% | 5% | 1% |
| Vouchers / School choice | 2% | 0% | 2% |
| Politicization of schools by Dems | 1% | 0% | 1% |
| Lack of parental input | 1% | 0% | 2% |
| Discipline | 13% | 9% | 7% |
| Other | 31% | 47% | 36% |
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| Category | Liberals | Moderates | Conservatives |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative curriculum concerns | 1% | 2% | 17% |
| Education / Teacher quality | 5% | 8% | 6% |
| Safety | 6% | 5% | 7% |
| General curriculum concerns | 5% | 1% | 8% |
| Funding | 9% | 4% | 2% |
| Teacher pay | 7% | 2% | 3% |
| Teacher recruitment / retention / shortage | 4% | 4% | 3% |
| Testing | 4% | 2% | 3% |
| Politicization of schools by Reps | 8% | 2% | 0% |
| Liberal curriculum concerns | 5% | 2% | 1% |
| Politicization of schools | 1% | 2% | 3% |
| Vouchers / School choice | 0% | 2% | 2% |
| Politicization of schools by Dems | 0% | 0% | 2% |
| Lack of parental input | 0% | 0% | 1% |
| Discipline | 0% | 0% | 1% |
| Other | 8% | 9% | 7% |
| Don’t know | 36% | 56% | 35% |
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| Category | Lean liberal | Somewhat liberal | Extremely liberal |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative curriculum concerns | 1% | 0% | 1% |
| Education / Teacher quality | 4% | 7% | 4% |
| Safety | 8% | 6% | 7% |
| General curriculum concerns | 4% | 4% | 6% |
| Funding | 4% | 11% | 10% |
| Teacher pay | 6% | 7% | 8% |
| Teacher recruitment / retention / shortage | 2% | 4% | 7% |
| Testing | 8% | 4% | 1% |
| Politicization of schools by Reps | 6% | 10% | 7% |
| Liberal curriculum concerns | 3% | 4% | 7% |
| Politicization of schools | 1% | 1% | 2% |
| Vouchers / School choice | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Politicization of schools by Dems | 0% | 1% | 0% |
| Lack of parental input | 2% | 6% | 15% |
| Discipline | 50% | 36% | 24% |
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| Category | Lean conservative | Somewhat conservative | Extremely conservative |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative curriculum concerns | 13% | 17% | 21% |
| Education / Teacher quality | 7% | 5% | 5% |
| Safety | 11% | 3% | 7% |
| General curriculum concerns | 5% | 8% | 9% |
| Funding | 2% | 2% | 1% |
| Teacher pay | 4% | 3% | 2% |
| Teacher recruitment / retention / shortage | 3% | 2% | 3% |
| Testing | 3% | 4% | 3% |
| Politicization of schools by Reps | 0% | 2% | 0% |
| Liberal curriculum concerns | 2% | 4% | 3% |
| Politicization of schools | 2% | 3% | 1% |
| Vouchers / School choice | 0% | 2% | 3% |
| Politicization of schools by Dems | 1% | 2% | 1% |
| Lack of parental input | 0% | 0% | 3% |
| Discipline | 5% | 8% | 7% |
| Other | 41% | 33% | 31% |
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| Category | White | Black | Hispanic |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative curriculum concerns | 12% | 3% | 3% |
| Education / Teacher quality | 5% | 7% | 8% |
| Safety | 4% | 5% | 10% |
| General curriculum concerns | 7% | 0% | 4% |
| Funding | 5% | 1% | 5% |
| Teacher pay | 5% | 3% | 3% |
| Teacher recruitment / retention / shortage | 3% | 6% | 4% |
| Testing | 4% | 3% | 2% |
| Politicization of schools by Reps | 3% | 2% | 3% |
| Liberal curriculum concerns | 2% | 1% | 4% |
| Politicization of schools | 2% | 1% | 2% |
| Vouchers / School choice | 2% | 0% | 2% |
| Politicization of schools by Dems | 2% | 0% | 0% |
| Lack of parental input | 1% | 0% | 0% |
| Discipline | 1% | 0% | 1% |
| Other | 7% | 6% | 10% |
| Don’t know | 37% | 61% | 40% |
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| Category | Male | Female |
|---|---|---|
| Conservative curriculum concerns | 10% | 7% |
| Education / Teacher quality | 6% | 7% |
| Safety | 6% | 7% |
| General curriculum concerns | 8% | 3% |
| Funding | 4% | 4% |
| Teacher pay | 3% | 5% |
| Teacher recruitment / retention / shortage | 2% | 5% |
| Testing | 1% | 4% |
| Politicization of schools by Reps | 2% | 3% |
| Liberal curriculum concerns | 2% | 3% |
| Politicization of schools | 3% | 2% |
| Vouchers / School choice | 2% | 1% |
| Politicization of schools by Dems | 1% | 1% |
| Lack of parental input | 1% | 0% |
| Discipline | 1% | 0% |
| Other | 8% | 8% |
| Don’t know | 40% | 41% |
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| Category | Urban | Suburban | Rural |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative curriculum concerns | 4% | 10% | 13% |
| Education / Teacher quality | 4% | 7% | 8% |
| Safety | 8% | 5% | 5% |
| General curriculum concerns | 4% | 6% | 5% |
| Funding | 4% | 4% | 4% |
| Teacher pay | 6% | 3% | 4% |
| Teacher recruitment / retention / shortage | 4% | 4% | 3% |
| Testing | 3% | 3% | 4% |
| Politicization of schools by Reps | 3% | 4% | 1% |
| Liberal curriculum concerns | 3% | 2% | 2% |
| Politicization of schools | 1% | 2% | 3% |
| Vouchers / School choice | 0% | 2% | 2% |
| Politicization of schools by Dems | 0% | 2% | 0% |
| Lack of parental input | 1% | 0% | 1% |
| Discipline | 0% | 1% | 1% |
| Other | 9% | 7% | 9% |
| Don’t know | 46% | 39% | 35% |
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| Category | 18-29 | 30-44 | 45-64 | 65+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative curriculum concerns | 2% | 5% | 11% | 14% |
| Education / Teacher quality | 7% | 6% | 7% | 6% |
| Safety | 7% | 6% | 5% | 7% |
| General curriculum concerns | 7% | 2% | 6% | 5% |
| Funding | 4% | 4% | 5% | 4% |
| Teacher pay | 2% | 5% | 4% | 4% |
| Teacher recruitment / retention / shortage | 1% | 4% | 5% | 4% |
| Testing | 3% | 4% | 3% | 3% |
| Politicization of schools by Reps | 1% | 3% | 3% | 4% |
| Liberal curriculum concerns | 5% | 1% | 3% | 1% |
| Politicization of schools | 2% | 2% | 3% | 1% |
| Vouchers / School choice | 1% | 2% | 1% | 2% |
| Politicization of schools by Dems | 0% | 0% | 1% | 2% |
| Lack of parental input | 0% | 0% | 1% | 1% |
| Discipline | 0% | 0% | 0% | 2% |
| Other | 10% | 9% | 6% | 7% |
| Don’t know | 50% | 47% | 35% | 34% |
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| Category | No HS | High school graduate | Some college | 2-year | 4-year | Post-grad |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative curriculum concerns | 6% | 6% | 5% | 13% | 12% | 10% |
| Education / Teacher quality | 4% | 5% | 9% | 5% | 5% | 9% |
| Safety | 1% | 9% | 6% | 9% | 5% | 3% |
| General curriculum concerns | 3% | 3% | 9% | 4% | 5% | 3% |
| Funding | 0% | 2% | 5% | 1% | 5% | 11% |
| Teacher pay | 3% | 1% | 4% | 1% | 5% | 8% |
| Teacher recruitment / retention / shortage | 0% | 3% | 4% | 3% | 5% | 4% |
| Testing | 0% | 1% | 2% | 4% | 3% | 6% |
| Politicization of schools by Reps | 0% | 2% | 1% | 5% | 3% | 7% |
| Liberal curriculum concerns | 16% | 2% | 2% | 3% | 3% | 1% |
| Politicization of schools | 0% | 1% | 2% | 2% | 2% | 4% |
| Vouchers / School choice | 0% | 0% | 2% | 0% | 3% | 2% |
| Politicization of schools by Dems | 0% | 0% | 2% | 1% | 1% | 1% |
| Lack of parental input | 5% | 1% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 2% |
| Discipline | 0% | 1% | 0% | 1% | 0% | 2% |
| Other | 14% | 9% | 6% | 7% | 8% | 8% |
| Don’t know | 47% | 55% | 40% | 41% | 35% | 21% |
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| Category | Extremely important | Somewhat important | Not very important | Not at all important |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative curriculum concerns | 11% | 9% | 5% | 4% |
| Education / Teacher quality | 6% | 4% | 5% | 11% |
| Safety | 9% | 5% | 5% | 3% |
| General curriculum concerns | 5% | 5% | 3% | 6% |
| Funding | 3% | 3% | 7% | 7% |
| Teacher pay | 2% | 5% | 4% | 6% |
| Teacher recruitment / retention / shortage | 5% | 3% | 4% | 4% |
| Testing | 3% | 2% | 3% | 4% |
| Politicization of schools by Reps | 1% | 2% | 6% | 6% |
| Liberal curriculum concerns | 1% | 2% | 4% | 5% |
| Politicization of schools | 2% | 2% | 3% | 2% |
| Vouchers / School choice | 1% | 2% | 1% | 2% |
| Politicization of schools by Dems | 2% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Lack of parental input | 1% | 0% | 1% | 1% |
| Discipline | 1% | 1% | 0% | 0% |
| Other | 8% | 7% | 9% | 7% |
| Don’t know | 39% | 48% | 40% | 34% |
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| Category | The Bible is the actual word of God and is to be taken literally, word for word. | The Bible is the word of God but not everything in it should be taken literally, word for word. | The Bible is a book written by men and is not the word of God. | Don't know. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative curriculum concerns | 11% | 11% | 3% | 6% |
| Education / Teacher quality | 5% | 6% | 9% | 5% |
| Safety | 10% | 5% | 4% | 8% |
| General curriculum concerns | 5% | 6% | 3% | 9% |
| Funding | 1% | 5% | 8% | 1% |
| Teacher pay | 1% | 4% | 7% | 2% |
| Teacher recruitment / retention / shortage | 4% | 3% | 5% | 5% |
| Testing | 2% | 3% | 4% | 1% |
| Politicization of schools by Reps | 1% | 1% | 8% | 1% |
| Liberal curriculum concerns | 1% | 1% | 6% | 4% |
| Politicization of schools | 1% | 3% | 2% | 5% |
| Vouchers / School choice | 0% | 2% | 1% | 2% |
| Politicization of schools by Dems | 1% | 2% | 0% | 0% |
| Lack of parental input | 1% | 0% | 1% | 0% |
| Discipline | 2% | 0% | 0% | 1% |
| Other | 11% | 5% | 10% | 4% |
| Don’t know | 44% | 43% | 31% | 48% |
