The PDK Poll surveyed roughly 1,000 adults nationwide about K-12 public schools. Only 13% of respondents gave the nation's public schools an A or B grade, down from 24% in 2016 and a high of 26% in 2004. Support increased for private school choice using public funds and for diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives. Widespread opposition emerged to President Trump’s plan to dismantle the Department of Education and growing resistance appeared to classroom use of artificial intelligence and cellphones. Sixty-six percent opposed eliminating the department, and 65% said elimination would harm public schools, with marked partisan differences.
The poll comes as Trump has signed a flurry of executive orders expanding school choice options, encouraging the use of artificial intelligence in schools and returning educational control to the states by dismantling the Department of Education. But despite the Trump administration's insistence on dismantling the department, the majority of surveyed Americans opposed eliminating the department and believe it would have a negative impact on public education.
According to the poll, 66% of adults opposed or strongly opposed eliminating the department including 38% of Republicans, 66% of independents and 93% of Democrats. Most respondents 65% said they believe the department's elimination would have a negative impact on public schools, including 61% of independents and 92% of Democrats. Republicans were split, with 39% who said they believe the department's elimination would have a negative impact on public schools, and 38% who said they believe it would have a positive impact
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