Dive Summary:

• New polls show that parents are skeptical of some voucher programs, of tying teacher salaries and evaluations to student test scores and of linking education problems to tight budgets.
• The same polls show that parents do support choice in education by backing charter schools, that they are OK with high-stakes student testing and that they want more funding for local schools.
• Most parents gave high marks to the school their child attends.

From the article:

... Among the important findings: Americans don’t know much about the Common Core academic standards, which are being rolled out in 45 states and Washington, D.C., this fall in an effort to transform reading and math instruction. ...