Gallup and the Walton Family Foundation did a poll in August.
盖洛普和沃尔顿家族基金会在8月做了一项民调。
The results showed that only 32% of American adults were happy with the quality of K-12 education nationwide. This was lower than two years ago.
结果显示,只有32%的美国成年人对全国K-12教育质量感到满意。
This number was 11 percentage points lower than two years ago. It was the lowest level in 27 years.
这个比例比两年前下降了11个百分点,是27年来的最低水平。
At the same time, the share of unhappy people rose to 67%. This was a new record high.
同时,不满意的人数比例升到了67%,创下历史新高。
Democrats are the main reason for the drop in satisfaction.
民主党人是满意度下降的主要原因。
Since Trump's second term began in 2025, their satisfaction has fallen by about 19 percentage points.
自2025年特朗普第二任期开始以来,他们的满意度下降了约19个百分点。
Independents dropped about 10 points, and Republicans dropped about 6 points.
独立人士下降了约10个百分点,共和党人下降了约6个百分点。
Jack Schneider, who leads the education policy center at UMass Amherst, said the Trump administration called schools a political battlefield, which made the public lose trust.
马萨诸塞大学阿默斯特分校教育政策中心主任杰克·施奈德说,特朗普政府把学校说成是政治战场,这让公众失去了信心。
He also said people are on the edge of the public education system falling apart.
他还说,人们正处在公共教育体系解体的边缘。
Politics is not the only reason.
政治不是唯一的原因。
Gallup polls show that public confidence in schools has been falling since the pandemic closed schools.
盖洛普民调显示,自从疫情导致学校关闭以来,公众对学校的总体信心一直在下降。
Reports of falling national test scores, especially in reading, make people think schools are struggling to recover.
全国考试成绩下降的报道,尤其是阅读成绩,让人觉得学校很难恢复。
Professor Sarah Reckhow from Michigan State University says that much talk about technology and AI may also affect people's views.
密歇根州立大学教授莎拉·雷克霍说,关于技术和人工智能的大量讨论也可能影响人们的看法。
Parents have different views about their own children's education.
家长对自己孩子教育的看法不一样。
About two-thirds of parents with school-age children say they are satisfied.
大约三分之二有学龄儿童的家长表示满意。
This rate is at a low point in the trend. Still, it is twice the satisfaction of all adults.
虽然这个比例处于该趋势的低点,但仍然是全体成年人满意度的两倍。
Another survey shows that only about two in ten people think schools do a "good" or "excellent" job. They mean teaching critical thinking or preparing students for work.
另一项调查显示,只有大约十分之二的人认为学校在教批判性思维或为劳动力做准备方面做得“好”或“优秀”。
Zack Hainowski is a senior education researcher at Gallup. He says these findings show that people generally feel negative about all institutions across the country.
盖洛普高级教育研究员扎克·海诺夫斯基说,这些发现反映出人们对全国所有机构普遍持负面情绪。