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Katherine Schaeffer

Former Research Analyst

Katherine Schaeffer is a former research analyst at Pew Research Center. She has a master’s degree in international development, focusing on urban affairs and planning, from the University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public and International Affairs and holds a bachelor’s degree in journalism from Kent State University. Prior to joining the Center, she worked as a newspaper reporter covering public education, and she still writes frequently about trends in the U.S. education system.

Publications

short readsMar 23, 2022

Key facts about housing affordability in the U.S.

Here are some of the key measures of the housing affordability crunch in the United States and the reasons behind it.
short readsFeb 25, 2022

State of the Union 2022: How Americans view major national issues

Here’s a look at public opinion on some of the key issues facing the country, drawn from recent Pew Research Center surveys.
short readsJan 18, 2022

A growing share of Americans say affordable housing is a major problem where they live

49% of Americans say the availability of affordable housing in their local community is a major problem, up 10 points from early 2018.
short readsDec 17, 2021

Striking findings from 2021

As 2021 draws to a close, here are some of Pew Research Center’s most striking research findings from the past year.
short readsDec 15, 2021

U.S. public school students often go to schools where at least half of their peers are the same race or ethnicity

In 2018-19, 79% of White elementary and secondary public school students went to schools where at least half of their peers were also White.
short readsDec 10, 2021

America’s public school teachers are far less racially and ethnically diverse than their students

While the share of Black, Hispanic and Asian American teachers has increased, it hasn’t kept pace with the growth in the diversity of students.
short readsNov 12, 2021

Among many U.S. children, reading for fun has become less common, federal data shows

The shares of American 9- and 13-year-olds who say they read for fun on an almost daily basis have dropped from nearly a decade ago.
short readsOct 7, 2021

7 facts about Americans and Instagram

Over the years, we have studied how U.S. adults – as well as teens and children – use and engage with Instagram. Here are seven key takeaways.
short readsOct 1, 2021

What we know about online learning and the homework gap amid the pandemic

Here is what our surveys found about the students most likely to lack the home internet connectivity needed to finish schoolwork.
short readsAug 17, 2021

How Americans feel about ‘cancel culture’ and offensive speech in 6 charts

Here’s a look at how adults in the United States see cancel culture, political correctness and related issues, based on the Center’s surveys.