In a new Second Reading Podcast, Jim Henson and Josh Blank talk about public education attitudes captured in the latest UT/Texas Politics Project Poll in the context of recent school board elections and Gov. Greg Abbott's signals about private school vouchers.
The podcast refers to many results related to public education in our most recent UT/TxPP poll. A few highlights are included below.
Agree or Disagree: Parents of children in Texas public schools have enough influence on what their children are taught. (April 2022)
Bar chart with 5 bars.
The Margin of Error for this Graphic is +/- 2.89%
The chart has 1 X axis displaying categories.
The chart has 1 Y axis displaying Percentage. Data ranges from 14 to 29.
Agree or Disagree: Parents of children in Texas public schools have enough influence on what their children are taught. (April 2022)
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Redirect State Tax Revenue to Help Parents Pay Private School Costs (April 2022)
Bar chart with 5 bars.
The Margin of Error for this Graphic is +/- 2.89%
The chart has 1 X axis displaying categories.
The chart has 1 Y axis displaying Percentage. Data ranges from 12 to 28.
Redirect State Tax Revenue to Help Parents Pay Private School Costs (April 2022)
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Support or Oppose: Efforts to Remove Books from Public School Libraries (April 2022)
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Asked among those who have heard about these efforts (n=1037). The Margin of Error for this Graphic is +/- 3.04%
The chart has 1 X axis displaying categories.
The chart has 1 Y axis displaying Percentage. Data ranges from 10 to 41.
Support or Oppose: Efforts to Remove Books from Public School Libraries (April 2022)
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Support or Oppose: Limiting the use of teaching materials that emphasize racism in the history of the U.S. by Texas public school teachers (April 2022)
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The Margin of Error for this Graphic is +/- 2.89%
The chart has 1 X axis displaying categories.
The chart has 1 Y axis displaying Percentage. Data ranges from 14 to 34.
Support or Oppose: Limiting the use of teaching materials that emphasize racism in the history of the U.S. by Texas public school teachers (April 2022)
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About the Second Reading podcast. The podcast has been produced intermittently by Jim Henson for the Texas Politics Project, with production support from UT's Liberal Arts Development Studio, since 2016. You can find past episodes and subscribe to the Second Reading podcast in Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and Stitcher.
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