Other barriers include inadequate communication from the schools about events and how to be involved, feeling that their parental involvement is not welcome at the school, and logistical problems such as lack of transportation or child care. Return to the Survey's index page Views on the Federal Role Parents with children in public schools strongly favor federal funding for a wide variety of education programs. There is currently a public debate about the appropriate role of the federal government in education, with some people arguing that education is a local issue and that federal involvement is tantamount to federal interference. Other people argue that education is so important that the federal government should do more in this area. After informing our respondents of both sides of this debate, we asked them whether they favored or opposed having the federal government provide money for a variety of initiatives in public education.
Parents are strongly supportive of federal funding for a variety of education initiatives.
A solid majority of parents support increasing current levels of federal government funding for a variety of public school education programs. The high proportion of low-income families who state their children do not receive Title I services or that they do not know what Title I services are, leads us to believe that many parents have children who are receiving Title I services but do not know what the program is called. In other cases, parents may actually be unaware of the services their child is getting. All Rights Reserved.