06/21/2012
Gallup: "Americans' confidence in public schools is down five percentage points from last year, with 29% expressing ‘a great deal'or ‘quite a lot' of confidence in them. That establishes a new low in public school confidence from the 33% measured in Gallup's 2007 and 2008 Confidence in Institutions polls. The high was 58% the first time Gallup included public schools, in 1973."
http://www.gallup.com/poll/155258/Confidence-Public-Schools-New-Low.aspx
ON THIS DAY IN US HISTORY
On May 22, 1964, President Lyndon B. Johnson delivers the commencement address at the University of Michigan. In the speech, he lays out the goals of “The Great Society” social reforms, which include eliminating poverty and racial injustice, improving education and healthcare, and promoting urban renewal. These reforms will lead to the passage of four Civil Rights Acts, the creation of Upward Bound and Head Start, the implementation of Medicare and Medicaid, and several other programs.
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