{"id":8662,"date":"2022-02-24T12:59:46","date_gmt":"2022-02-24T17:59:46","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2025-04-23T23:56:08","modified_gmt":"2025-04-24T03:56:08","slug":"republicans-confidence-in-k-12-principals-has-fallen-sharply-during-the-pandemic","status":"publish","type":"short-read","link":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/short-reads\/2022\/02\/24\/republicans-confidence-in-k-12-principals-has-fallen-sharply-during-the-pandemic\/","title":{"rendered":"Republicans\u2019 confidence in K-12 principals has fallen sharply during the pandemic"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Amid high-profile debates over a range of K-12 school policies \u2013 from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.edweek.org\/leadership\/should-masks-be-required-in-school-this-fall-inside-the-messy-confusing-debate\/2021\/07\">mask mandates<\/a> to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.edweek.org\/leadership\/what-is-critical-race-theory-and-why-is-it-under-attack\/2021\/05\">teaching of race-related issues<\/a> \u2013 a declining share of Republicans in the United States say they are confident in public school principals to act in the best interests of the public.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright size-420-wide\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-13920\" href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/short-reads\/2022\/02\/24\/republicans-confidence-in-k-12-principals-has-fallen-sharply-during-the-pandemic\/ft_22-02-18_k12principals_1-png\/\"><img data-dominant-color=\"f3f2f2\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" style=\"--dominant-color: #f3f2f2;\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" height=\"420\" width=\"420\" src=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2022\/02\/FT_22.02.18_K12Principals_1.png?w=420\" alt=\"A line graph showing that confidence in K-12 principals has dropped during COVID-19, especially among Republicans\" class=\"wp-image-13920 not-transparent\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2022\/02\/FT_22.02.18_K12Principals_1.png 840w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2022\/02\/FT_22.02.18_K12Principals_1.png?resize=150,150 150w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2022\/02\/FT_22.02.18_K12Principals_1.png?resize=300,300 300w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2022\/02\/FT_22.02.18_K12Principals_1.png?resize=768,768 768w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2022\/02\/FT_22.02.18_K12Principals_1.png?resize=405,405 405w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2022\/02\/FT_22.02.18_K12Principals_1.png?resize=200,200 200w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2022\/02\/FT_22.02.18_K12Principals_1.png?resize=260,260 260w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2022\/02\/FT_22.02.18_K12Principals_1.png?resize=310,310 310w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2022\/02\/FT_22.02.18_K12Principals_1.png?resize=420,420 420w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2022\/02\/FT_22.02.18_K12Principals_1.png?resize=640,640 640w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2022\/02\/FT_22.02.18_K12Principals_1.png?resize=740,740 740w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2022\/02\/FT_22.02.18_K12Principals_1.png?resize=75,75 75w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2022\/02\/FT_22.02.18_K12Principals_1.png?resize=140,140 140w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2022\/02\/FT_22.02.18_K12Principals_1.png?resize=160,160 160w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2022\/02\/FT_22.02.18_K12Principals_1.png?resize=320,320 320w\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Around half of Republicans and Republican-leaning independents (52%) say they have a great deal or fair amount of confidence in K-12 public school principals to act in the public\u2019s best interests, according to a <a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/science\/2022\/02\/15\/americans-trust-in-scientists-other-groups-declines\/\">Pew Research Center survey<\/a> conducted in December 2021. Nearly as many (47%) say they have not too much or no confidence at all in principals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In April 2020, shortly after the beginning of the <a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/topic\/coronavirus-disease-covid-19\/\">coronavirus outbreak<\/a> in the U.S., Republicans\u2019 attitudes about public school principals were much more positive. At the time, around eight-in-ten Republicans (79%) said they had a great deal or fair amount of confidence in principals to act in the best interests of the public, while 20% said they had not too much or no confidence.<\/p>\n\n\n<div style=\"border-width:1px;padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);--block-gap: inherit\" class=\"wp-block-prc-block-collapsible has-background has-ui-beige-very-light-background-color has-border-color has-ui-beige-dark-border-color\" id=\"how-we-did-this\" data-wp-interactive=\"{&quot;namespace&quot;:&quot;prc-block\\\/collapsible&quot;}\" data-wp-context=\"{&quot;collapsibleId&quot;:&quot;how-we-did-this&quot;,&quot;isOpen&quot;:false}\" data-wp-class--is-open=\"context.isOpen\" data-wp-init--scroll-into-view=\"callbacks.onInitScrollIntoView\"><div class=\"wp-block-prc-block-collapsible__title\" data-wp-on--click=\"actions.onClick\"><div>How we did this<\/div><button class=\"wp-block-prc-block-collapsible__icon\"><span data-wp-bind--hidden=\"context.isOpen\"><i class=\"icon icon-library__light icon__circle-plus\"><svg style=\"width: 1em; height: 1em;\"><use xlink:href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/plugins\/prc-icon-library\/build\/icons\/sprites\/light.svg#circle-plus\"><\/use><\/svg><\/i><\/span><span data-wp-bind--hidden=\"!context.isOpen\" hidden><i class=\"icon icon-library__light icon__circle-minus\"><svg style=\"width: 1em; height: 1em;\"><use xlink:href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/plugins\/prc-icon-library\/build\/icons\/sprites\/light.svg#circle-minus\"><\/use><\/svg><\/i><\/span><\/button><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-prc-block-collapsible__content\">\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This Pew Research Center analysis examines changing public attitudes about K-12 principals in the United States. It is based primarily on a survey of 14,497 U.S. adults conducted from Nov. 30 to Dec. 12, 2021. Everyone who took part in the survey is a member of the Center\u2019s American Trends Panel (ATP), an online survey panel that is recruited through national, random sampling of residential addresses. This way nearly all U.S. adults have a chance of selection. The survey is weighted to be representative of the U.S. adult population by gender, race, ethnicity, partisan affiliation, education and other categories. Read more about the <a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/our-methods\/u-s-surveys\/the-american-trends-panel\/\">ATP\u2019s methodology<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Here is the <a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/science\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2022\/02\/PS_2022.02.15_trust-declines-TOPLINE.pdf\">survey question used<\/a> for this analysis, along with responses, and the survey\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/science\/2022\/02\/15\/trust-in-scientists-declines-methodology\/\">methodology<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Other parts of this analysis are based on additional surveys by Pew Research Center and The Washington Post\/ABC News. Links to these surveys \u2013 including their field dates, sample sizes and methodologies \u2013 are included in the text of the post.<\/p>\n\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Democrats and Democratic-leaning independents have also become less likely to express confidence in school principals during the pandemic, but the drop-off has not been nearly as steep as among Republicans \u2013 and a large majority of Democrats still voice confidence. As of December 2021, around three-quarters of Democrats (76%) say they have a great deal or fair amount of confidence in principals, down from 87% in April 2020.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Overall, 64% of U.S. adults say they have a great deal or fair amount of confidence in K-12 principals to act in the best interests of the public, down from 83% in April 2020. Public confidence in a number of other societal groups and institutions <a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/science\/2022\/02\/15\/americans-trust-in-scientists-other-groups-declines\/\">has also waned<\/a> during the pandemic, with especially notable decreases among Republicans. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright size-310-wide\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-13923\" href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/short-reads\/2022\/02\/24\/republicans-confidence-in-k-12-principals-has-fallen-sharply-during-the-pandemic\/ft_22-02-18_k12principals_2-png\/\"><img data-dominant-color=\"eceaea\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" style=\"--dominant-color: #eceaea;\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 310px) 100vw, 310px\" height=\"464\" width=\"310\" src=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2022\/02\/FT_22.02.18_K12Principals_2.png?w=310\" alt=\"A bar chart showing that in 2021, most Republicans said K-12 public schools were having a negative effect on the U.S.\" class=\"wp-image-13923 not-transparent\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2022\/02\/FT_22.02.18_K12Principals_2.png 620w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2022\/02\/FT_22.02.18_K12Principals_2.png?resize=200,299 200w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2022\/02\/FT_22.02.18_K12Principals_2.png?resize=271,405 271w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2022\/02\/FT_22.02.18_K12Principals_2.png?resize=260,389 260w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2022\/02\/FT_22.02.18_K12Principals_2.png?resize=310,464 310w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2022\/02\/FT_22.02.18_K12Principals_2.png?resize=420,629 420w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2022\/02\/FT_22.02.18_K12Principals_2.png?resize=160,239 160w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2022\/02\/FT_22.02.18_K12Principals_2.png?resize=320,479 320w\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">GOP criticism of public schools is not limited to principals, a <a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/short-reads\/2021\/08\/20\/republicans-increasingly-critical-of-several-major-u-s-institutions-including-big-corporations-and-banks\/\">July 2021 Center survey<\/a> found. In that survey, a majority of Republicans (57%) said K-12 public schools overall were having a negative effect on the way things were going in the country. Around three-quarters of Democrats (77%) said K-12 schools were having a <em>positive<\/em> effect. That survey, too, found growing GOP negativity about a range of societal institutions, including banks and financial institutions, large corporations, tech companies and labor unions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">So what\u2019s driving the growing partisan polarization around K-12 schools? Surveys by the Center and other polling organizations indicate that pandemic-related changes to school policies, as well as recent debates over school curriculums, may be playing a role.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In March 2020, when the coronavirus outbreak first struck the U.S., the vast majority of Republicans (85%) and Democrats (94%) said closing K-12 schools was a <a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/science\/2020\/04\/07\/polling-shows-signs-of-public-trust-in-institutions-amid-pandemic\/\">necessary step<\/a>. But as the pandemic has continued, partisan disagreements about school closures have become more pointed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In a <a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/short-reads\/2022\/02\/04\/academic-emotional-concerns-outweigh-covid-19-risks-in-parents-views-about-keeping-schools-open\/\">survey this past January<\/a> \u2013 when the omicron variant <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/business\/healthcare-pharmaceuticals\/us-reports-least-11-mln-covid-cases-day-shattering-global-record-2022-01-11\/\">was spreading rapidly<\/a> and some schools were again <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/news\/education\/2021\/12\/21\/omicron-variant-school-closures-covid-surges\/8969707002\/\">closing their doors<\/a> \u2013 Republican K-12 parents were much more likely than Democratic parents (55% vs. 26%) to favor schools providing in-person only instruction. Democratic parents were more likely than Republican ones (64% vs. 39%) to favor a mix of in-person and online instruction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright size-420-wide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/short-reads\/2022\/02\/04\/academic-emotional-concerns-outweigh-covid-19-risks-in-parents-views-about-keeping-schools-open\/ft_2022-02-04_schools_02\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/ft_2022.02.04_schools_02.png?w=420\" alt=\"A chart showing that there are wide partisan gaps in whether health risks to students and teachers should be major factors in deciding whether to keep K-12 schools open this winter\" class=\"wp-image-405784\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the same survey, Republican and Democratic parents also differed over the factors that should be given a lot of consideration when deciding whether to keep K-12 schools open for in-person instruction. GOP parents were more likely than Democratic parents to say a lot of consideration should be given to students\u2019 academic progress and their emotional well-being, while Democratic parents were more likely than Republicans to say a lot of consideration should be given to the risks that the coronavirus posed to students and teachers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mask mandates have also <a href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/US\/school-board-meetings-emotional-battlegrounds-debating-mask-mandates\/story?id=79657733\">been a flashpoint<\/a> in some school districts. While Pew Research Center has not recently polled about mask mandates in schools, there have long been <a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/short-reads\/2020\/10\/29\/both-republicans-and-democrats-cite-masks-as-a-negative-effect-of-covid-19-but-for-very-different-reasons\/\">wide partisan divides<\/a> in views of masking more generally. This past January, Republicans were 40 percentage points less likely than Democrats (39% vs. 79%) to say they had worn a mask or face covering in stores and other businesses <a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/science\/2022\/02\/09\/covid-19-response-appendix\/\">all or most of the time<\/a> in the prior month.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Debates over school curriculums may be having an effect on Republicans\u2019 satisfaction with public schools as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/context\/nov-7-10-2021-washington-post-abc-news-poll\/160508a9-cea2-4433-92c8-6dc51838721e\/?itid=lk_inline_manual_2\">Washington Post\/ABC News survey<\/a> in November 2021, seven-in-ten Republicans and Republican-leaning independents \u2013 compared with around a quarter of Democrats and Democratic leaners (26%) \u2013 said parents should <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/spreadsheets\/d\/123AzF_nPabL77PSLl7TY4r43PiCnI10dJ9NIuobYTF8\/edit#gid=0\">have a lot of say<\/a> in what their child\u2019s school teaches. Democrats were about twice as likely as Republicans (45% vs. 21%) to say parents should have <em>some<\/em> say in what their child\u2019s school teaches.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While partisan differences over K-12 schools may have grown wider during the pandemic, Republicans and Democrats had disagreements over some aspects of public schooling well before the pandemic. In a <a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/short-reads\/2019\/07\/19\/republicans-have-doubts-that-colleges-k-12-schools-are-open-to-range-of-viewpoints\/\">May 2019 survey by the Center<\/a>, Republicans were less likely than Democrats to say K-12 schools were open to a wide range of opinions and viewpoints. Around half of Republicans (49%) said K-12 schools were very or somewhat open in this regard, compared with around seven-in-ten Democrats (71%).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Other survey questions related to K-12 schools have found no change in attitudes during the pandemic. In an <a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/social-trends\/2021\/12\/16\/americans-are-less-likely-than-before-covid-19-to-want-to-live-in-cities-more-likely-to-prefer-suburbs\/#rising-share-of-americans-say-availability-of-affordable-housing-is-a-major-problem-in-their-area\">October 2021 Center survey<\/a>, only around one-in-five adults (22%) said the quality of K-12 education in the public schools was a major problem in their local community, unchanged from 2018. In that survey, Republicans were slightly <em>less<\/em> likely than Democrats (19% vs. 23%) to say the quality of K-12 education was a major problem where they live.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>52% of Republicans say they have a great deal or fair amount of confidence in K-12 public school principals to act in the public\u2019s best 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