Key Takeaways from pPIC Education survey
- Five years ago, Californians thought schools were headed in the right direction; they no longer do.
- Most adults say teaching basics should be the No. 1 goal of school; parents of students disagree.
- Nearly all in the survey agree that teachers’ pay is too low.
Californians’ confidence in their public schools and approval of how Gov. Gavin Newsom and the Legislature are handling public education have fallen sharply since the Covid pandemic, according to an annual survey on K-12 education released Thursday by the Public Policy Institute of California (PPIC). Half believe that the public school system is headed in the wrong direction.
The PPIC survey of 1,591 adults in English and Spanish also found widespread disagreement and overall concern with President Donald Trump’s actions on schools.
Nearly three-quarters of Californians oppose…
