{"id":1147507,"date":"2021-12-23T18:49:28","date_gmt":"2021-12-23T23:49:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1147507"},"modified":"2021-12-23T18:49:30","modified_gmt":"2021-12-23T23:49:30","slug":"survey-two-thirds-of-americans-believe-schools-are-political","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/survey-two-thirds-of-americans-believe-schools-are-political\/","title":{"rendered":"Survey: Two-Thirds of Americans Believe Schools Are Political"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fsurvey-two-thirds-of-americans-believe-schools-are-political%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1147507&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p class=\"subheading\">American parents <a href=\"https:\/\/freetolearn.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/FTL-December-2021-Survey-Topline-Report.pdf\">are<\/a> overwhelmingly concerned with what is being taught in schools and believe schools have gotten political over the last two years, according to a survey conducted by Free to Learn (FTL).<\/p>\n<p>Overall, 81 percent of Americans are concerned with the quality of education today, with 59 percent concerned specifically with what their children are learning, and 66 percent believing schools have become more political since the pandemic\u2019s debilitating lockdowns.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>The same survey showed a majority of American parents having seen negative outcomes from virtual learning, including the state of their child\u2019s academic achievement (55 percent) and mental health (60 percent). More than half of those surveyed, 52 percent, said they became more involved with their child\u2019s curriculum as a result of virtual learning.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_19245306\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/FTL-Survey.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-19245306\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/FTL-Survey.jpg\" alt=\"Free to Learn Nationwide Survey Infographic. (freetolearn.org)\" width=\"640\" height=\"783\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Free to Learn Nationwide Survey Infographic. (freetolearn.org).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>FTL President Alleigh Marr\u00e9 sent the findings in a <a href=\"https:\/\/media.breitbart.com\/media\/2021\/12\/FTL-Letter-to-Education-Groups_.pdf\">letter<\/a> to American Federation of Teachers President Randi Weingarten, National School Boards Association President Viola Garcia, and National Education Association President Becky Pringle, telling them that while parents are seeing the negative impacts of virtual learning, American families see their \u201corganizations flexing [their] power to keep schools shuttered.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>While the survey found that 81 percent of respondents were concerned about the quality of academic education, 48 percent said they are \u201cvery concerned.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cDespite the unending push by your organizations to de-emphasize academic achievement in the name of activism,\u201d&nbsp;Marr\u00e9 said, \u201cthere was overwhelming consensus in our research that American families are extremely concerned with how K-12 schools are performing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>An overwhelming majority of parents also believe they should have the ability to request the curriculum being taught to their children from the school (72 percent) and opt their child out of a program they deem inappropriate or harmful (67 percent).<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\u201cI hope this data helps make clear that those students\u2019 parents are not some disembodied, disinterested group to be ignored, nor are they domestic terrorists against which to fight.\u201d Free to Learn Coalition President <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/alleighmarre?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@AlleighMarre<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/JIQ5q9j9At\">https:\/\/t.co\/JIQ5q9j9At<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Free to Learn (@ftlcoalition) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ftlcoalition\/status\/1473383269798457358?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 21, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The survey was conducted from November 29 to December 3, 2021, among 1,200 American parents with a margin of error of +\/- 2.83 percent.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFrom Covid to culture wars,\u201d&nbsp;Marr\u00e9 began her letter, \u201cthe education of students across the United States has been turned upside down over the last two years.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B3\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p>Describing how their organizations have contributed negatively to the state of education,&nbsp;Marr\u00e9 said, \u201cEven as teachers work tirelessly to meet the real, concrete needs of their students, the so-called professional organizations are instead focused on activism, control, and political influence.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhile your immediate constituency may be teachers and School Board members, those individuals are public servants,\u201d she continued:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Advising those same public servants to engage with their communities through the lens of activism and politics, while strongarming them to ignore the wishes of those most invested in students\u2019 futures, has contributed mightily to the dissatisfaction we see across the country.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Marr\u00e9 cited Fairfax County, Virginia\u2019s, sharp enrollment drop so that the education organizations might \u201cunderstand the gravity of this loss of confidence in your leadership.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>As Breitbart News <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2021\/12\/06\/enrollment-staffing-continue-precipitous-drop-in-virginia-public-schools\/\">reported<\/a>, according to the Virginia Department of Education, \u201coverall, enrollment has&nbsp;<a class=\"x5l\" href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/spreadsheets\/d\/1_IUB7AuqO5Mxugg2hQH51dEhxKlRu1msMGOQt6A8-vk\/edit#gid=1305247335&amp;range=A23:F23\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">fallen<\/a>&nbsp;by more than 46,000 students since 2019, a nearly four percent drop since the beginning of the coronavirus.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>While enrollment has dropped in Virginia, staffing has declined as well, with the number of \u201cunfilled education positions have&nbsp;<a class=\"x5l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.virginiamercury.com\/2021\/12\/06\/virginia-teacher-shortages-spiked-during-the-pandemic-experts-are-worried-about-whats-to-come\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">increased<\/a>&nbsp;62 percent.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is my sincere hope that you\u2019ll see this polling data not as a threat but as insight that will help focus your efforts to best serve our nation\u2019s students,\u201d&nbsp;Marr\u00e9 concluded.<\/p>\n<p><em>Breccan F. Thies<\/em>&nbsp;<em>is a reporter for Breitbart News. You can follow him on Twitter&nbsp;<a title=\"This external link will open in a new window\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BreccanFThies\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@BreccanFThies<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>American parents are overwhelmingly concerned with what is being taught in schools and believe schools have gotten political over the last two years, according to a survey conducted by Free &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":179,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1147507","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1147507","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/179"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1147507"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1147507\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1147507"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1147507"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1147507"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}