Supported by data showing that U.S. students perform substantially below their international peers, politicians'justify their education policies by linking them to the need to be competitive in a global economy. How does this type of policy motivation influence voters' attitudes toward supporting public schooling? Using a survey designed to randomize exposure to international competitiveness across respondents, Morgan and Poppe tested 1000 U.S. adults for differential responses to the perceived quality of local public schools and the preferred expenditures for the nation's education system.
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