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Partisan divides over K-12 education in 8 charts
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- Partisan divides over K-12 education in 8 charts
- In 2022, a majority of Republicans said K-12 schools were having a negative effect on the U.S.
- Wide partisan differences in views of most federal agencies, including the Department of Education
- Confidence in K-12 principals in 2021 was lower than before the pandemic — especially among Republicans
- From 2013 to 2022, Republicans’ and Democrats’ views of teachers’ unions grew further apart
- Republican and Democratic parents have different views of the influence government, school boards, parents and teachers have on what schools teach
- In 2022, Republican and Democratic parents had different views of what their children should learn about certain topics in school
- Nearly six-in-ten Republican parents, but fewer Democratic parents, said in 2022 that public school teachers should be allowed to lead students in prayer
- Public school district mission statements in Democratic-voting areas mention some terms more than those in areas that voted Republican in 2020