Skip to content

YOUTH & OPPORTUNITY POST-FORUM QUESTIONNAIRE

What Should We Do for Future Generations to Thrive?

NOW THAT YOU’VE HAD a chance to participate in a forum on this issue, we’d like to know what you’re thinking. Anonymous responses will be included in summary reports on the forums and in research to help us better understand how people are thinking about current issues.
1.Here are some priorities for ensuring that future generations will thrive. Thinking about yourself and your community, which of these items do you see as one of the top two or three priorities, which do you see as helpful but not a top priority, which is not a priority at all, and which do you oppose. Keep in mind that making major changes will be difficult and we’ll have to make some choices about what to work on first.
One of my top three priorities
Helpful but not a top priority
Not a priority at all
I oppose this
I am unsure about this
Increase the minimum wage.
Local utilities should switch to renewable energy sources.
Reduce class size and provide extra support for students who need it.
Individuals and government agencies should do business only with companies that hire Americans and build factories in the US.
Drastically reduce the importance of standardized testing in evaluating student achievement.
Invest in a nationwide program to rebuild crumbling infrastructure and create jobs.
Forgive higher education loans for students who perform a year of national service in underserved communities.
Invest tax dollars to provide two years of tuition-free community college for anyone who wants it.
Expand mentorship and internship programs to encourage young people to gain job skills.
End deficit spending and work to bring down the federal debt.
Change US K-12 history curricula to include more about the contributions and experiences of the nation’s minority populations.
Increase mental health services for K-12 and college students.
2.Which is more important to you? If you’re not sure, please let us know.
3.Which is more important to you? If you’re not sure, please let us know.
4.Which statement comes closer to your view? If you’re not sure, please let us know.
5.Which statement comes closer to your view? If you’re not sure, please let us know.
6.How much disagreement was there about this issue in your forum?
7.Did you talk about aspects of the issue you hadn’t considered before?
8.Were there ideas or proposals that you tended to favor coming into the forum that you now have second thoughts about?
9.What could citizens, working together, do in their own communities to address this problem?
10.Not including this forum, how many National Issues Forums have you attended?
11.Gender:
12.How old are you?
13.Are you:
14.In what type of community do you live?
15.What is your zip code?
16.What state do you live in?
17.Did you attend this forum in person or online?
18.What issue would you like to see covered in a future forum?