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Public K-12 teachers express low job satisfaction and few are optimistic about the future of U.S. education.
About a third of workers with jobs that can be done remotely are working from home all the time, according to a new Pew Research Center survey.
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.
Workers who quit a job in 2021 say low pay (63%), no opportunities for advancement (63%) and feeling disrespected at work (57%) were reasons why.
When we have the data to study groups of similarly aged people over time, we won’t always default to using the standard generational definitions and labels, like Gen Z, Millennials or Baby Boomers.
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.
The biggest takeaway may be the extent to which the decidedly nonpartisan virus met with an increasingly partisan response.
About half of U.S. adults who are currently unemployed and are looking for a job are pessimistic about their prospects for future employment.
The growing gender gap in higher education – in enrollment and graduation rates – has been a topic of conversation and debate in recent months.
Half of U.S. adults say colleges and universities that brought students back to campus made the right decision, while 48% say they did not.
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