Americans are more pessimistic than optimistic about many aspects of the country’s future
63% of Americans are pessimistic about the country’s moral and ethical standards, and 59% are pessimistic about its education system.
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63% of Americans are pessimistic about the country’s moral and ethical standards, and 59% are pessimistic about its education system.
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.
Here’s a closer look at what recent surveys have found about Americans’ views of affirmative action.
A quarter of U.S. parents of K-12 students say racism or racial inequality comes up in conversation with their children very or fairly often.
About six-in-ten parents of K-12 children (61%) say the first year of the pandemic had a negative effect on their children’s education.
Hispanic enrollment at postsecondary institutions in the U.S. has risen from 1.5 million in 2000 to a new high of 3.8 million in 2019.
In the United States, the transience of economic status varies significantly across racial and ethnic groups and by level of education.
Just 28% of U.S. adults say America is the best in the world or above average in K-12 STEM education compared with other wealthy nations.
More than nine-in-ten Americans (93%) say high school grades should be at least a minor factor in admissions decisions.
Roughly one-in-five teenagers who have heard of ChatGPT say they have used it to help them do their schoolwork.
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