About half of Americans say public K-12 education is going in the wrong direction
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.
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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.
The U.S. public’s views of banks and other financial institutions, as well as large corporations, have become much more negative recently.
47% of U.S. adults say tensions between China and Taiwan are a very serious problem for the U.S., up 19 points since February 2021.
The share of Americans who have no confidence in Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has increased 11 percentage points since 2023.
A majority of Americans say medication abortion should be legal, but there is a stark divide by age, religion and party affiliation.
About six-in-ten Americans (59%) see TikTok as a major or minor threat to national security in the United States.
There are sizable ideological differences over the most pressing priorities for the U.S. immigration system within each partisan coalition.
In an open-ended question allowing Americans to name which country they see as the greatest threat to the U.S., 50% name China.
Across the nations surveyed, a median of 62% of adults – including 63% in the United States – say their country will be better off if it is open to changes.
44% of Americans think major technology companies should be regulated more than they are now, down from 56% in April 2021.
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