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Article: Americans Seek to Support -- Not Abandon -- Public Schools, National Poll on Community Involvement in Education to Reveal

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November 11, 1999
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WASHINGTON, Nov. 11 /U.S. Newswire/ -- While debates about public education often center on abandoning public schools, a new national poll shows that Americans want to become more, not less, involved in improving their local schools. But citizens are struggling to find ways to express a renewed, shared commitment to improve public education for more students.

The poll, to be released at the 9th annual conference of the Public Education Network, shows that a majority of Americans -- even those who do not have children in school -- consider making sure local public schools provide a quality education a civic priority second to none. The average American believes that school officials alone ...

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