Americans overwhelmingly support teaching our children about the causes, consequences, and potential solutions to global warming – in all 50 states and 3,000+ counties across the nation, including Republican and Democratic strongholds. Despite this strong public support for climate education, there have been recent debates in several states about whether […] Read more »
NBC News poll: The South, once a conservative bastion, is changing
The South is often viewed as a conservative monolith, but the region’s political views are more nuanced — and moderate — than many might expect, according to new NBC News | SurveyMonkey polls. CONT. Alex Seitz-Wald, NBC News Read more »
Most Americans think teachers in their communities are underpaid
As teachers in some states strike over higher pay and benefits this week, a recent CBS News poll finds that most Americans don’t think teachers in their community are paid enough. Sixty-eight percent of Americans say teachers in their community are paid too little, about one in five think they […] Read more »
50 years after Martin Luther King’s Assassination: Assessing Progress of the Civil Rights Movement
On April 4, 1968, the Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr., was assassinated in Memphis. Most Americans today say at least some of the goals of the 1960’s civil rights movement that he spearheaded have been attained. But black and white Americans differ widely in how they perceive the treatment of […] Read more »
AP-NORC/MTV Poll: Young people run from Trump
A majority of young people believe President Donald Trump is racist, dishonest and “mentally unfit” for office, according to a new survey that finds the nation’s youngest potential voters are more concerned about the Republican’s performance in the White House than older Americans. The poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center […] Read more »
Trump Proposed Arming Teachers; We Get the Teachers’ View
President Donald Trump advocated arming teachers as the best way to enhance school safety. But what do teachers think of the idea? This episode combines a review of the first major nationwide survey of teachers taken after the school shooting in Parkland, Florida, plus the voices of real teachers explaining […] Read more »