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August 24, 2026

What Public K-12 Teachers Want Americans To Know About Teaching

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What Public K-12 Teachers Want Americans To Know About Teaching
About half of teachers want the public to know that teaching is a hard job
Teachers’ perceptions of how much Americans trust public K-12 teachers to do their job well is more negative than the general public’s response
Views of K-12 teachers differ by party, but majorities of Republicans and Democrats say teaching is harder than most jobs and teachers should be paid more
Most Americans say being a teacher is harder than most other jobs and that teachers should be paid more
Views of K-12 teachers differ by party, but majorities of Republicans and Democrats say teaching is harder than most jobs and teachers should be paid more