pjmedia.com by Chris Queen
The past two years have been difficult for parents of school children. COVID-19-related school closures, mask and vaccination mandates, and teachers and administrators increasingly inserting wokeness into curriculum have motivated parents to speak out about the state of K-12 education.
And parents are less satisfied with the K-12 education than they have been in 20 years, according to a new poll from Gallup. In its annual survey of the state of education today, the pollster surveyed adults in general and parents in particular, and Americans have grown dissatisfied with K-12 education at a shocking rate.
âAmericans have become less content in recent years with the quality of the nationâs K-12 education,â Gallupâs Lydia Saad reports. âThe 42% who say they are satisfied today is the lowest measured in the past two decades by one percentage point and the second-lowest reading in Gallupâs 23-year trend. Americansâ satisfaction with schools was at a near-record high of 51% in 2019 before dropping slightly each year since.â…
