Third Biggest Problem Facing K-12 Public Education in Texas (February 2019)
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| category | Total |
|---|---|
| Low teacher pay | 12% |
| School accountability | 11% |
| Unequal resources among schools | 11% |
| How schools spend resources | 10% |
| Public school system funding | 10% |
| Public education financing | 10% |
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| category | Democrat | Independent | Republican |
|---|---|---|---|
| Low teacher pay | 17% | 6% | 8% |
| School accountability | 7% | 12% | 14% |
| Unequal resources among schools | 14% | 14% | 8% |
| How schools spend resources | 8% | 12% | 11% |
| Public school system funding | 15% | 8% | 5% |
| Public education financing | 10% | 7% | 11% |
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| category | Lean Democrat | Not very strong Democrat | Strong Democrat |
|---|---|---|---|
| Low teacher pay | 20% | 12% | 18% |
| School accountability | 6% | 11% | 6% |
| Unequal resources among schools | 12% | 8% | 17% |
| How schools spend resources | 12% | 9% | 4% |
| Public school system funding | 19% | 17% | 13% |
| Public education financing | 14% | 8% | 9% |
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| category | Lean Republican | Not very strong Republican | Strong Republican |
|---|---|---|---|
| Low teacher pay | 10% | 11% | 6% |
| School accountability | 21% | 5% | 13% |
| Unequal resources among schools | 4% | 13% | 9% |
| How schools spend resources | 12% | 13% | 10% |
| Public school system funding | 4% | 5% | 6% |
| Public education financing | 9% | 9% | 13% |
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| category | Liberals | Moderates | Conservatives |
|---|---|---|---|
| Low teacher pay | 17% | 12% | 8% |
| School accountability | 7% | 10% | 14% |
| Unequal resources among schools | 17% | 11% | 8% |
| How schools spend resources | 8% | 12% | 9% |
| Public school system funding | 14% | 11% | 7% |
| Public education financing | 11% | 7% | 11% |
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| category | Leaning liberal | Somewhat liberal | Extremely liberal |
|---|---|---|---|
| Low teacher pay | 13% | 19% | 19% |
| School accountability | 7% | 6% | 7% |
| Unequal resources among schools | 12% | 21% | 15% |
| How schools spend resources | 18% | 4% | 6% |
| Public school system funding | 19% | 15% | 10% |
| Public education financing | 10% | 9% | 13% |
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| category | Leaning conservative | Somewhat conservative | Extremely conservative |
|---|---|---|---|
| Low teacher pay | 8% | 7% | 8% |
| School accountability | 13% | 18% | 11% |
| Unequal resources among schools | 13% | 6% | 8% |
| How schools spend resources | 9% | 10% | 9% |
| Public school system funding | 12% | 7% | 3% |
| Public education financing | 9% | 9% | 12% |
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| category | White | Black | Hispanic |
|---|---|---|---|
| Low teacher pay | 12% | 12% | 13% |
| School accountability | 10% | 11% | 9% |
| Unequal resources among schools | 11% | 15% | 10% |
| How schools spend resources | 11% | 5% | 9% |
| Public school system funding | 9% | 9% | 13% |
| Public education financing | 10% | 6% | 11% |
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| category | Male | Female |
|---|---|---|
| Low teacher pay | 12% | 11% |
| School accountability | 13% | 9% |
| Unequal resources among schools | 10% | 12% |
| How schools spend resources | 11% | 8% |
| Public school system funding | 9% | 11% |
| Public education financing | 11% | 10% |
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| category | Urban | Suburban | Rural |
|---|---|---|---|
| Low teacher pay | 13% | 13% | 7% |
| School accountability | 10% | 11% | 12% |
| Unequal resources among schools | 10% | 12% | 11% |
| How schools spend resources | 10% | 9% | 10% |
| Public school system funding | 12% | 9% | 9% |
| Public education financing | 11% | 10% | 10% |
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| category | 18-29 | 30-44 | 45-64 | 65+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Low teacher pay | 11% | 15% | 11% | 9% |
| School accountability | 10% | 9% | 10% | 16% |
| Unequal resources among schools | 8% | 10% | 14% | 10% |
| How schools spend resources | 8% | 8% | 11% | 11% |
| Public school system funding | 16% | 8% | 9% | 9% |
| Public education financing | 10% | 13% | 10% | 9% |
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| category | No high school | High school graduate | Some college | 2-year | 4-year | Post-grad |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Low teacher pay | 6% | 11% | 11% | 12% | 13% | 13% |
| School accountability | 7% | 14% | 11% | 8% | 10% | 8% |
| Unequal resources among schools | 13% | 10% | 9% | 16% | 11% | 13% |
| How schools spend resources | 2% | 9% | 14% | 12% | 8% | 8% |
| Public school system funding | 28% | 8% | 10% | 5% | 11% | 10% |
| Public education financing | 19% | 6% | 9% | 11% | 13% | 13% |
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| category | Extremely important | Somewhat important | Not very important | Not at all important |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Low teacher pay | 10% | 12% | 16% | 14% |
| School accountability | 12% | 10% | 13% | 6% |
| Unequal resources among schools | 9% | 13% | 11% | 14% |
| How schools spend resources | 10% | 10% | 8% | 9% |
| Public school system funding | 9% | 9% | 14% | 11% |
| Public education financing | 10% | 9% | 11% | 13% |
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| category | The Bible is the word of God, to be taken literally | The Bible is the word of God, not to be taken literally | The Bible is a book written by men |
|---|---|---|---|
| Low teacher pay | 8% | 11% | 18% |
| School accountability | 13% | 13% | 6% |
| Unequal resources among schools | 8% | 11% | 16% |
| How schools spend resources | 8% | 10% | 10% |
| Public school system funding | 9% | 10% | 12% |
| Public education financing | 10% | 9% | 11% |
