Confidence in public schools declines, Gallup Poll says

News release: Americans' confidence in public schools is down five percentage points from last year, according to a Gallup Poll; 29% of those questioned express "a great deal" or "quite a lot" of confidence in public schools. In Gallup's 2007 and 2008 Confidence in Institutions polls, 33% expressed "a great deal" or "quite a lot" of confidence in public schoo