Confidence in Public Schools Hits New Low

"Americans' confidence in public schools is down five percentage points from last year," reports Gallup, "with 29% expressing "a great deal" or "quite a lot" of confidence in them." The chart below shows the near continuous decline in public confidence over the past 40 years of Gallup's tracking.

The low confidence level will surprise no one except perhaps the teachers union, given U.S. students' downward spiral in international math and science achievement comparisons, and it should greatly encourage those who have long advocated universal school choice and an open, free market in K-12 education.