K-12

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.

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.

School has started in most of the United States. On average, K-12 public schools will be in session close to 180 days this year.

Most K-12 students at U.S. public schools have a school year of about 180 days, but when that year starts and ends varies substantially by region.