Public opinion varies from one person to another. Of course the responses are not uniform and presidential appeals are far more persuasive to fellow partisans than to those who identify with the opposition party. Opinions expressed by individuals when surveyed on educational issues to which they have not given much thought can appear so fragile as to be meaningless. Statistics have shown that public opinion remains constant throughout a number of years. The greatest influences are wars and economic depressions.
As the current recession deepened hints of growing taxpayer resistance to the rising cost of education. Support for increased spending on public education fell from 51 to 46 percent between 2007 and 2009. Confidence that spending more on schools would enhance school quality fell by a similar amount from 59 to 53 percent. Still these changes remain modest. Facing the most significant economic downturn since the Great Depression, most Americans continue to support increased spending on their local public schools.
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