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Public K-12 teachers express low job satisfaction and few are optimistic about the future of U.S. education.
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Public K-12 teachers express low job satisfaction and few are optimistic about the future of U.S. education.
Most workers are highly satisfied with their relationship with their co-workers and manager, but relatively few feel the same about their pay or opportunities for promotion.
Most U.S. young adults are at least mostly financially independent and happy with their parents’ involvement in their lives. Parent-child relationships are mostly strong.
Most favor protecting trans people from discrimination, but fewer support policies related to medical care for gender transitions; many are uneasy with the pace of change on trans issues.
Nearly half of U.S. adults say the pandemic has driven people in their community apart. Many see a long road to recovery: About one-in-five say life in their community will never get back to the way it was before COVID-19.
When Americans peer 30 years into the future, they see a country in decline economically, politically and on the world stage.
Despite widening gaps in politics and demographics, Americans across community types have a lot in common in key facets of their lives.
A majority of Americans would like to see more women in top leadership positions in business and politics, but many are skeptical there will ever be gender parity in these areas. Views about the state of female leadership vary by party and gender.
Most Americans see fundamental differences between men and women in their traits and characteristics and in the pressures they face from society.
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