What federal education data shows about students with disabilities in the U.S.
Public K-12 schools in the United States educate about 7.3 million students with disabilities – a number that has grown over the last few decades.
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A Profile of the Top-Ranked Podcasts in the U.S.
True crime is the most common topic, making up 24% of top-ranked podcasts; 15% of the top podcasts focus on news. The next most common topics are politics and government (10%); entertainment, pop culture and the arts (9%); and self-help and relationships (8%).
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Methodology
The American Trends Panel survey methodology Overview The American Trends Panel (ATP), created by Pew Research Center, is a nationally representative panel of randomly selected U.S. adults. Panelists participate via self-administered web surveys. Panelists who do not have internet access at home are provided with a tablet and wireless internet connection. Interviews are conducted in […]
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81% of U.S. adults – versus 46% of teens – favor parental consent for minors to use social media
U.S. adults and teens are more likely to support than oppose requiring parental consent for minors to create a social media account.
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Methodology: Teens and parents survey
The analysis in this report is based on a self-administered web survey conducted from Sept. 26 to Oct. 23, 2023, among a sample of 1,453 dyads, with each dyad (or pair) comprised of one U.S. teen ages 13 to 17 and one parent per teen. The margin of sampling error for the full sample of […]
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Methodology for O*NET analysis
Data sources The analysis in this report is based on the combination of work requirements and job skills data from the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Information Network (O*NET, Version 27.3) and data on the occupation, employment and wages of workers from the Current Population Survey (CPS). Additional analysis is based on a Pew Research […]
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6 facts about Buddhism in China
While only 4% of Chinese adults formally identify as Buddhists, formal affiliation doesn’t reflect the full extent of Buddhist belief and practice.
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3. Spiritual practices
Asking about people’s activities, habits and rituals is one way to explore how abstract concepts such as spirituality and religion show up in everyday life. In this survey, we asked respondents to tell us whether they pursue a variety of activities – such as meditating and spending time in nature – for reasons that might […]
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In the U.S., 180 days of school is most common, but length of school day varies by state
School has started in most of the United States. On average, K-12 public schools will be in session close to 180 days this year.
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Key facts about U.S. Latinos with graduate degrees
In 2021, nearly 2.5 million Latinos in the United States held advanced degrees such as master’s degrees or doctorates.