Exclusive Poll: As Support for Schools Plummets, Americans Resist Closing Education Department
Date postedAugust 19, 2025
By Linda Jacobson, The 74 (from August 14, 2025)
Americans’ confidence in its public schools is at an all-time low, with just 13% grading them an A or a B, according to this year’s PDK Poll. That’s down from 19% in 2019 and 26% in 2004.