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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.
Americans are more pessimistic than optimistic about the institution of marriage and the family. At the same time, the public is fairly accepting of diverse family arrangements, though some are seen as more acceptable than others.
Key trends in marriage and family life in the United States.
Veterans and non-veterans in the United States largely align when it comes to the decision to pull all troops out of Afghanistan.
Half of U.S. adults today are married, a share that has remained relatively stable in recent years but dramatically different from the peak of 72% in 1960.
Women in STEM jobs are more likely than their male counterparts to have experienced discrimination in the workplace and to believe that discrimination is a major reason there are not more women in STEM.
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