Parents are far more likely to approve private school education than public school education, according to a recent poll from Texas Southern University.
“It could either be that they’re more involved and attentive to their child’s education or simply they have more of a dog in the hunt that they’ve actually made that choice so they’re more likely to rate the choice they made as higher,” Mark Jones, a political science professor at Rice University and one of the pollsters, said in an interview.
Two-thirds of parents with children in private school, charter school or homeschooling rated their child’s education as excellent.
But only 1 in 10 Texan parents believe K-12 public education is excellent, according to the poll. Almost 38% of parents rate public education as “good,” and 31% as “fair.” However, just 12% of parents say public education is “poor,” and the remaining 9% say they are “unsure.”
Texas – one of the largest supporters of school choice according to EdChoice – has launched the Texas Education Freedom Accounts program to support children and parents who need funds to receive an alternative education to public school.
