http://www.edreform.com/2012/07/floridians-want-more-school-options-strong-equitable-charter-school-law/ Since 1993, the leading voice and advocate for lasting, substantive and structural education reform in the U.S. Fri, 31 May 2013 12:52:43 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 http://www.edreform.com/2012/07/floridians-want-more-school-options-strong-equitable-charter-school-law/#comment-35418 Schooling in America Survey: What Do Mothers Say About K-12 Education Tue, 14 May 2013 16:19:43 +0000 http://www.edreform.com/?p=9519#comment-35418 [...] • School moms were much more likely to favor charter schools than oppose them. When charter schools weren’t defined, 45% favored charters and only 19% opposed. When given a definition, the percentage of moms in favor of charters went up to 63%. For American adults without children in school, the numbers were almost identical. This is something that CER has been saying and seeing in our polling for a while. Last year, CER did an independent poll and found similar results in North Carolina, Tennessee, and Florida. [...] [...] • School moms were much more likely to favor charter schools than oppose them. When charter schools weren’t defined, 45% favored charters and only 19% opposed. When given a definition, the percentage of moms in favor of charters went up to 63%. For American adults without children in school, the numbers were almost identical. This is something that CER has been saying and seeing in our polling for a while. Last year, CER did an independent poll and found similar results in North Carolina, Tennessee, and Florida. [...]

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