While 72 percent of Democrats, and Democratic-leaning independents say K-12 schools are having a positive effect on the country, 61 percent of Republicans and GOP leaners see a negative effect, according to an October 2022 survey. About half of Republican parents of K-12 students (52%) said in a fall 2022 Center survey that the federal government has too much influence on what their local public schools are teaching, compared with two-in-ten Democratic parents, writes Hatfield.
Forty-four percent of Republican parents said parents don’t have enough influence on what their local schools teach; Only 23 percent of Democrats agreed. “A larger share of Democratic parents – about a third (35%) – said teachers don’t have enough influence on what their local schools teach, compared with a quarter of Republican parents who held this view,” writes Hatfield.
[As Jacobs says, take a look at the racial divide among Dems and lean-Dems on gender ideology in K-12 education. Almost two-thirds of white progressives (64%) support it, while only 30% of black parents and 36% of Hispanic parents — identifying as Dems or lean-Dems — support it. That cultural split is going to become acute at some point for Democrats. — Ed]
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