In a country marked by deep political divides, higher education has become another partisan marker, with polls showing that Americans who have a college degree trending towards Democrats in their politics and less likely to support President Donald Trump. The political shorthand that’s evolved around education, however, misses a larger […] Read more »
Americans say U.S. colleges make the grade, but many say public schools don’t measure up
Americans say their nation’s colleges and universities compare relatively well with those in other developed countries – but the public offers more negative assessments of the state of U.S. public schools. CONT. Kristen Bialik & Jocelyn Kiley, Pew Read more »
Whites oppose — and blacks support — paying NCAA athletes, especially when they’re thinking about race
… Most Americans are skeptical about paying college athletes. But public opinion on this divides sharply by race. Most whites oppose “pay for play”; most African Americans support it. Why is opinion on this issue so polarized by race? Because a disproportionately large percentage of college basketball and football players […] Read more »
Paying for Medical Crises, Retirement Lead Financial Fears
Lacking money to pay for medical care in the case of a serious illness or accident and running out of money in retirement tie as the most worrisome of eight financial issues Americans rated in a recent Gallup poll. Nearly six in 10 U.S. adults say they are very or […] Read more »
Unionized Or Not, Teachers Struggle To Make Ends Meet, NPR/Ipsos Poll Finds
More than 9 in 10 teachers say they joined the profession for idealistic reasons — “I wanted to do good” — but most are struggling to some extent economically. Those findings come from a nationally representative survey by NPR and Ipsos of more than 500 teachers across the country. CONT. […] Read more »
Ten Takeaways about Americans’ Views of Guns
The National Rifle Association’s annual meeting in Dallas, Texas this week comes after three of the deadliest mass shootings in U.S. history, which have all occurred in the past seven months. These three massacres — at an outdoor concert in Las Vegas, Nevada, a church in Sutherland Springs, Texas and […] Read more »