Gallup’s annual update of how Americans feel about the quality of primary and secondary education in the U.S. finds the public relatively upbeat this year. For the first time since 2004, a slim majority of U.S. adults, 51%, are satisfied with the overall quality of education that students in kindergarten […] Read more »
Patriotism, Religion, Having Children: Polls Finds American Values Are Changing
Patriotism. Religion. Having children. American values are changing, reports a new NBC-Wall Street Journal poll. We explore national character in 2019. On Point, WBUR Read more »
Parents’ Concern About School Safety Remains Elevated
As summer winds down and children from kindergarten through high school head back to school, 34% of parents remain fearful for their safety. At the same time, fewer (12%) report that their school-aged children have expressed concern about feeling unsafe at school. CONT. Megan Brenan, Gallup Read more »
‘A deep and boiling anger’: NBC/WSJ poll finds a pessimistic America despite current economic satisfaction
The political and cultural upheaval of the last four years has divided the country on ever-hardening partisan and generational lines, but one feeling unites Americans as much as it did before the 2016 election. They’re still angry. And still unsettled about the future. The latest NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll […] Read more »
Why haven’t we stopped climate change? We’re not wired to empathize with our descendants.
About 70 percent of Americans believe that the climate is changing, most acknowledge that this change reflects human activity, and more than two-thirds think it will harm future generations. Unless we dramatically alter our way of life, swaths of the planet will become hostile or uninhabitable later this century — […] Read more »
Public Support Grows for Higher Teacher Pay and Expanded School Choice
… Support for increasing teacher pay is higher now than at any point since 2008, and a majority of the public favors more federal funding for local schools. Free college commands the support of three in five Americans. Support for school vouchers has shifted upward, and tax-credit scholarships along the […] Read more »