Education

59% of public K-12 teachers say they are at least somewhat worried about the possibility of a shooting ever happening at their school.

A majority of those who say it’s headed in the wrong direction say a major reason is that schools are not spending enough time on core academic subjects.

Many public K-12 teachers say people should know that teaching is hard job, and that teachers care about students and deserve respect.

Public K-12 teachers express low job satisfaction and few are optimistic about the future of U.S. education.

We asked public K-12 teachers, teens and U.S. adults how they see topics related to race and LGBTQ issues playing out in the classroom.

Americans overwhelmingly see small businesses as having a positive effect on the way things are going in the country. By contrast, their views of large corporations are broadly negative. And most people – including identical shares in both parties – are critical of the impact of banks and financial institutions.

College enrollment among young Americans has been declining over the past decade, and it's mostly due to fewer young men pursuing degrees.

35% of U.S. parents with children younger than 18 say they are extremely or very worried that their children might be bullied at some point.

Roughly one-in-five teenagers who have heard of ChatGPT say they have used it to help them do their schoolwork.

In 2021, nearly 2.5 million Latinos in the United States held advanced degrees such as master’s degrees or doctorates.