As American public schools continue to struggle with declining performance, a new survey shows parents overwhelmingly want more education options – and they continue to strongly support school choice.
EdChoice will release the 13th edition of its Schooling in America Survey on Thursday, but a summary of findings shared by the school choice advocate with The Lion revealed several trends.
Although parent optimism about K-12 education improved from last year’s record low, the hunger for more options remains. This is especially relevant given the recent NAEP scores, which touched their lowest point ever.
“When we look at school type preference versus the actual enrollment patterns, about 44% of parents say public school, 33% say private school, 11% say charter and 12% say homeschool,” Colyn Ritter, senior researcher at EdChoice, told The Lion. “Actual enrollment is around 80% in public, 9% in private, 7% in charter, and 5% in homeschool.”
