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Support for School Vouchers is Growing, Survey Finds

By Arianna Prothero — June 26, 2014 1 min read
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A majority of Americans favor school choice policies, and support for some, such as school vouchers, are growing according to survey findings released Thursday by the Friedman Foundation, an Indianapolis-based research and advocacy group that promotes school choice.

The third annual Schooling in America Survey, conducted by the Friedman Foundation and Braun Research, a market research company, questioned 1,000 adults about their thoughts on school choice, Common Core State Standards, standardized testing and the general state of U.S. education.

Here’s a rundown of some of the school choice findings:


  • 63 percent said they support school vouchers, up from 60 percent last year and 56 percent in 2012;
  • 61 percent say they favor charter schools, up from 60 percent last year;
  • 64 percent support tax-credit scholarship policies, down from 66 percent last year;
  • Americans are much more likely to give grades A or B to a private or parochial school in their communities, compared with the local public schools.

You can read more about the survey’s findings regarding attitudes toward common core, testing and the state of U.S. education here.

Graph from ‘2014 Schooling in America Survey: Perspectives on School Choice, Common Core, and Standardized Testing’ from the Friedman Foundation for Educational Choice.

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A version of this news article first appeared in the Charters & Choice blog.