Juliana Menasce Horowitz

As school districts across the United States continue to grapple with the best way to provide instruction amid the coronavirus outbreak, most parents of students in K-12 schools express concern about their children falling behind in school because of disruptions caused by the pandemic.

More Black adults now say the country has work to do to address racial inequality; attitudes of White adults have changed little since 2019.

55% of U.S. adults now express at least some support for the Black Lives Matter movement, down from 67% in June.

Some 6.2 million U.S. adults – or 2.4% of the country’s adult population – report being two or more races.

The public sees health risks to students and teachers as the top factor to be given a lot of consideration as schools decide whether to reopen.

54% of U.S. adults have expressed their opinion about gender or gender equality in conversations with family and friends.

A hundred years after the 19th Amendment was ratified, about half of Americans say granting women the right to vote has been the most important milestone in advancing the position of women in the country.

About four-in-ten Black and Asian adults say people have acted as if they were uncomfortable around them because of their race or ethnicity since the beginning of the outbreak, and similar shares say they worry that other people might be suspicious of them if they wear a mask when out in public, according to a new Pew Research Center survey.

While the CDC has pointed to some possible factors that may be contributing to this pattern, the public is divided in its perceptions.

As demonstrations continue across the country to protest the death of George Floyd, a black man killed while in Minneapolis police custody, Americans see the protests  both as a reaction to Floyd’s death and an expression of frustration over longstanding issues.