Dana Braga

Many public K-12 teachers say people should know that teaching is hard job, and that teachers care about students and deserve respect.

We asked public K-12 teachers, teens and U.S. adults how they see topics related to race and LGBTQ issues playing out in the classroom.

Roughly one-in-five Americans ages 65 and older were employed in 2023 – nearly double the share of those who were working 35 years ago.

Six-in-ten U.S. adults say being a man helps a lot or a little when it comes to a person’s ability to get ahead in the U.S., compared with 14% who say it hurts

Most self-employed workers (62%) say they are extremely or very satisfied with their job, compared with 51% of those who are not self-employed.

Today, 51% of U.S. adults say they support the Black Lives Matter movement – down from 67% in June 2020. A majority of Americans say the increased focus on race and racial inequality in the past three years hasn't led to improvement for Black Americans.

How are U.S. parents raising their children these days, and how does their approach compare with the way their own parents raised them?

Additionally, about half of lower-income parents (52%) say they have not had enough money for food or their rent or mortgage.

About six-in-ten parents of K-12 children (61%) say the first year of the pandemic had a negative effect on their children’s education.