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WASHINGTON, DC — In recent years, Americans have become less satisfied with the quality of their country’s K-12 education. The 42% who are currently satisfied are one point lower than they were in the last 20 years, his second lowest number in his 23-year trend in Gallup. American school satisfaction has fallen slightly each year after hitting a record high of 51% in 2019.

At the same time, parents of kindergarten-age children up to grade 12 are mostly satisfied with their eldest child’s education. Her 80% who are completely or somewhat satisfied is a slight improvement from his 73% measured a year ago and above her average of 76% that Gallup has recorded since 2001. increase.

Gallup tracks specific views of Americans and parents about K-12 education each August as part of the Work and Education Survey. The latest installment ran from August 1-23 as students returned to school in some parts of the country and enjoyed the last days of summer vacation in others.

Nearly 1 in 4 are completely dissatisfied with education in the United States

Gallup asked respondents to rate their views on K-12 education on a scale from completely satisfied to completely dissatisfied. This indicates that about 4 in 10 of her Americans are generally satisfied with public education, while only 9% are completely satisfied. On the other hand, 23% were “completely dissatisfied” and 32% were “somewhat dissatisfied.” This means that more than twice as many Americans who are completely satisfied are completely dissatisfied.

With 32% completely satisfied and only 6% completely dissatisfied, the results are much more positive when it comes to parent satisfaction with their older children’s education. Many parents, 48%, are somewhat satisfied.

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Republican Education Satisfaction Falls Sharply Since 2020

Nationally, there is no ambiguity as to what has caused the recent decline in public satisfaction with education. While it perfectly reflects the decline in satisfaction among Republicans and Republican-leaning independents since President Donald Trump stepped down, Democrats’ satisfaction has remained fairly stable.

Neither party was overwhelmingly positive about the quality of K-12 education in the country, but from 2017 to 2020, an average of 46% of Republicans/Republicans and Democrats/Democrats 50% of respondents expressed similar levels of satisfaction. – The thin person was satisfied. Satisfaction for Republicans dropped to 35% last year and he is now at 30%, while Democrats’ satisfaction ranges from 51% for him to 57% for him.

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Republican/Republican-leaning parents (74%) were slightly less likely to be satisfied than Democrat/Democratic-leaning parents (85%), but the partisan differences rating is less pronounced. Republican parents’ satisfaction is about the same as her average satisfaction since 2001 (77%), while Democrat parents’ satisfaction is slightly higher than her average of 76%.

Lack of academic rigor raises educational concerns

A new poll provides new insight into Americans’ dissatisfaction with education and for the first time asked dissatisfied respondents to give their reasons.

The most prominent type of response is concern about the rigor of curriculum and teaching methods. Specifically, 15% cite a poor or outdated curriculum, 12% believe U.S. education is inferior to other countries, and 11% say it doesn’t teach the basics of reading, writing and math. . A total of 56% of respondents raised these or other more specific concerns about the quality of their education or curriculum.

The next most common theme cited by 23% of respondents is that schools and students are suffering from a lack of resources. Foremost among these are references to unequal access to quality education for low-income students or due to racism (8%). Others cited underfunding schools (6%), low wages for teachers (4%), lack of qualified teachers (4%), understaffing (4%) and overcrowding (2%). doing.

17% of respondents focus on political issues they perceive to exist in schools. These included 10% who believed the “political agenda” was commonly taught, 4% specifically citing transgender/sex education, and 3% critical of racial I am citing theory.

15% cite various aspects of the school and educational environment, including a lack of discipline and a lack of attention to students.

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Republicans and Democrats who are dissatisfied with the quality of K-12 education agree to identify curriculum and educational issues as the primary reason. About two-thirds of each partisan group cite something of concern in this category.

More than bipartisan emphasis on academic rigor, Democrats are more concerned about lack of school resources than Republicans, and Republicans could express concern about bringing political issues into the classroom. Much more sexual.

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Conclusion

U.S. primary and secondary schools have experienced unprecedented turmoil over the past three years as they adapted to education during the pandemic and became embroiled in partisan political struggles over specific social issues.

Gallup trends suggest that Americans’ satisfaction with the quality of education provided to U.S. K-12 students is declining, but only slightly within the narrow range recorded since 2001. It’s not too much.

Parents of school-age children in both party groups, on the other hand, are generally satisfied with their children’s education.

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