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The Year in Public Opinion on U.S. K–12 Education Policy
General Information
Title
The Year in Public Opinion on U.S. K–12 Education Policy
Author
David M Houston
Publication Type
Journal paper
Outlet
Education Next
Year
2025
Abstract
On any given day, news headlines might be highlighting our sharp disagreements over how best to teach about race and racism in America's past and present, the rights of gay and transgender students (and their parents), the passage of new school choice legislation, the ongoing legacy of pandemic-era learning loss, rising rates of chronic absenteeism, or the value of cell phones and artificial intelligence in schools-to name a few. The question wording differed slightly ("When thinking about the purposes of public education in the U.S., how important are each of the following to you?") as did the response options (which included "very important" but not "extremely important"). [...]a majority of Americans support a wide variety of educational goals, but the aggregate results conceal noteworthy partisan disagreements. The EdChoice Schooling in America Survey disaggregated the results of a similar question for respondents with a child in a public district school (69% somewhat or very satisfied), charter school (76%), private school (78%), or homeschooled (79%).