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.
Six-in-ten U.S. adults say gun violence is a very big problem in the country today, up 9 percentage points from spring 2022.
A majority of those who say it’s headed in the wrong direction say a major reason is that schools are not spending enough time on core academic subjects.
59% of public K-12 teachers say they are at least somewhat worried about the possibility of a shooting ever happening at their school.
The public is sharply divided along partisan lines on topics ranging from what should be taught in schools to how much influence parents should have over the curriculum.
Veterans and non-veterans in the United States largely align when it comes to the decision to pull all troops out of Afghanistan.
A majority of Americans say the country still hasn’t gone far enough in giving women equal rights with men.
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Nearly one-in-five U.S. adults say they have had a physical reaction at least some or a little of the time when thinking about the outbreak.
The COVID-19 pandemic sent many on the move to places other than their usual residence – and they may not know where or how to be counted.
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