Arming teachers and school staff as a way to handle the United States’ problem with school shootings will be a tough sell to those who would have to carry it out — teachers across the nation. Nearly three-quarters of U.S. school teachers oppose the idea of training certain teachers and […] Read more »
Broad Agreement on Most Ideas to Curb School Shootings
Americans strongly favor a number of proposals for reducing mass shootings at schools, including increasing training for police officers and those who respond to active shooters, background checks for all gun sales, higher levels of security at schools, and new programs to identify and manage students who may pose a […] Read more »
Most Americans say students should be involved in gun policy and school safety
More than six in 10 Americans, including most parents, think students should get involved in the issue of gun policy and school safety; just over a third say the issue would be better left to adults. CONT. CBS News Read more »
Americans Support Students’ Right to Walk Out over Guns
A national student walkout to protest gun violence is scheduled for tomorrow, and more than seven in ten Americans support the students’ right to do so. 72% of residents nationally think students who participate in the National School Walkout should not face disciplinary action by their schools. 22% of Americans […] Read more »
More U.S. College Students Say Campus Climate Deters Speech
Sixty-one percent of U.S. college students agree that the climate on their campus prevents some people from expressing their views because others might find them offensive. In 2016, 54% of college students held this view. These results are based on a 2017 Gallup/Knight Foundation survey of 3,014 randomly sampled U.S. […] Read more »
8 ways college student views on free speech are evolving
As college campuses across the United States grapple with questions surrounding the power and limits of free expression, a new Gallup-Knight Foundation survey of U.S. college students provides a view into how attitudes about the First Amendment on college campuses are evolving and what that means for our democracy. The […] Read more »