Students walk through the hallway at a high school during the first day of classes in September 2021 in Novi, Michigan. Photo: Emily Elconin/Bloomberg via Getty Images
Americans have drastically shifted some priorities on K-12 education since the start of COVID, a new study by Populace reveals.
Why it matters: There's new pressure to change the existing model. Preparing students for college has fallen from 10th highest priority to 47th.
The big picture: Americans have a warped understanding of what the majority prioritizes in education.
Dive in: The pandemic greatly disrupted K-12 education. But more Americans (55%) want schools to rethink how best to teach kids rather than just get back to the way things were before COVID (34%) — even as they assume society cares more about the latter.
How it works: Populace uses unique polling methods to better gauge what people really think about important issues versus what they assume everyone else wants.
By the numbers: The top five privately-held priorities, according to the survey, were:
Methodology: The survey was conducted for Populace by YouGov between September 12-30, 2022 among a nationally representative sample of 1,010 U.S. adult respondents. The respondents were asked to choose between various educational priorities, and then asked how they thought most others would choose.
"Exhausted majority" wants to rethink K-12 education – Axios
