What We’re Reading: Confidence in public schools down

Periodically School Choice Wisconsin provides you with news on happenings and trends in school choice and education in general.

Among the most interesting news of late is a Gallup poll saying Americans’ confidence in U.S. public schools remains low, with 28% saying they have a great deal or quite a lot of confidence in the institution. That figure is down from 41% in 2020.

“Americans’ confidence in public schools increased early in the coronavirus pandemic as people rallied around professions that were severely disrupted by the economic shutdown, but that subsided a year ago and confidence has returned to its pre-pandemic level,” writes Gallup in their analysis of the poll.

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