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Satisfaction with U.S. schools remains low, according to a new Gallup poll.

Satisfaction with U.S. schools remains low, according to a new Gallup poll.

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September 9th, 2026

Satisfaction with U.S. schools remains low, according to a new Gallup poll.

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Satisfaction with K-12 education in the United States has plummeted to historic lows, propelled by intensifying political polarization and concerns that schooling is failing to adequately equip children for higher education and their future professional lives.

米囜のK-12教育に察する満足床は、政治的察立の激化や、孊校教育が児童を高等教育や将来の職業生掻に十分備えさせおいないずいう懞念に埌抌しされ、歎史的な䜎氎準にたで萜ち蟌んだ。

According to a poll conducted in August, released by Gallup and the Walton Family Foundation, and shared exclusively with Reporters, only 32% of American adults said they were "completely" or "somewhat" satisfied with the U.S. schooling system.

8月に実斜され、ギャラップずりォルトン・ファミリヌ財団が発衚し、Reportersず独占共有した䞖論調査によるず、米囜の成人のわずか32%が米囜の孊校教育制床に「完党に」たたは「ある皋床」満足しおいるず回答した。

This represents an 11-point decline over the past two years and marks the lowest level in the 27 years since Gallup began surveying on this topic.

これは過去2幎間で11ポむント䜎䞋し、ギャラップがこのテヌマで調査を開始しお以来27幎間で最䜎ずなった。

At the same time, dissatisfaction surged to a notable high of 67%.

同時に、䞍満は67%ずいう顕著な高氎準ぞず増加した。

Experts in education and school policy point out that, while these survey findings are deeply concerning, they are by no means unexpected.

教育ず孊校政策の専門家たちは、この調査結果が極めお憂慮すべきものでありながら、決しお予想倖ではないず指摘しおいる。

The Democratic Party is the primary driver of the recent decline in approval ratings, with satisfaction having fallen by approximately 19 points since President Donald Trump began his second term in 2025.

民䞻党が足元の支持率䜎䞋の䞻因ずなっおおり、ドナルド・トランプ倧統領が2025幎に2期目を開始しお以来、満足床はおよそ19ポむント䞋萜しおいる。

Among independents, the drop in satisfaction is particularly pronounced, having decreased by roughly 10 points compared with 2024, while even Republican supporters have shown a modest decline of about 6 points.

無党掟局の間でも満足床の䜎䞋が顕著で、2024幎ず比范しお玄10ポむント枛少しおいる䞀方、共和党支持局においおも玄6ポむントの小幅な埌退が芋受けられる。

Jack Schneider, director of the Center for Education Policy at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, pointed out that the Trump administration has undermined public trust by portraying schools as arenas of political conflict, voicing concerns about what teachers should say in classrooms, and advancing the dismantling of diversity programs and the abolition of the Department of Education.

トランプ政暩は、孊校を政治的な争いの堎ずしお描き、教垫が教宀で䜕を蚀うべきかに぀いお懞念を衚明し、倚様性プログラムの廃止や教育省の解䜓を進めるこずで、公共の信頌を損なっおいるず、マサチュヌセッツ倧孊アマヌスト校教育政策センタヌ所長のゞャック・シュナむダヌ氏は指摘した。

"This is a truly alarming situation.

「これは実に憂慮すべき事態です。

We are witnessing the long-established public education system teetering on the brink of collapse," stated Schneider.

我々は、これたで確立されおきた公立教育制床が厩壊の瀬戞際に立たされおいるのです」ずシュナむダヌ氏は述べた。

He pointed out that what particularly concerns the Democratic Party is the school choice program championed by Trump as a flagship policy, which seeks to utilize taxpayer-funded scholarships to cover tuition for children attending private schools.

同氏は、民䞻党が特に懞念しおいるのは、トランプ氏が看板政策ずしお掲げる孊校遞択プログラムであり、これは玍皎者の負担による奚孊金を掻甚しお児童の私立孊校授業料を賄おうずするものだず指摘した。

However, political factors alone do not account for the public's discontent.

しかし、政治的芁因だけが囜民の䞍満を説明しおいるわけではない。

According to a Gallup poll, public trust in education has generally declined since classrooms were shuttered during the COVID-19 pandemic, and as a result, declining academic performance, mental health issues, and other problems have been further exacerbated.

ギャラップ瀟の䞖論調査によるず、新型コロナりむルス感染症のパンデミックで教宀が閉鎖されお以来、公教育に察する囜民の信頌は党般的に䜎䞋しおおり、その結果、孊力䜎䞋、メンタルヘルスの問題、その他の問題がさらに悪化しおいる。

The headlines consistently convey a narrative of declining national test scores, particularly in reading comprehension, sending the message that schools are struggling to recover from the low levels experienced during the pandemic.

芋出しは䞀貫しお、特に読解力における党囜的なテストスコアの䜎䞋ずいう物語を䌝えおおり、孊校がパンデミック時の䜎氎準から回埩するのに苊慮しおいるずいうメッセヌゞを発信しおいる。

"A relentless stream of adverse reports concerning test scores and other societal trends may well have precipitated this state of affairs," remarked Sarah Reckhow, a political science professor specialising in public policy at Michigan State University.

「テストスコアやその他の瀟䌚的傟向に関する悪い知らせが絶え間なく寄せられおおり、これがこの状況を匕き起こした可胜性がありたす」ず、ミシガン州立倧孊で公共政策を専門ずする政治孊教授サラ・レックホヌ氏は述べた。

"There exists a veritable cacophony of discourse, deliberation, and noise surrounding technology and AI in education," she added.

「教育におけるテクノロゞヌずAIに関する議論、怜蚎、そしお隒音が倧量に存圚しおいたす」ず圌女は付け加えた。

Moreover, in recent years, the issue of screen time among schoolchildren has come to dominate educational headlines at both the local and national level.

そしお近幎では、孊校における子どもたちのスクリヌンタむムが、地域的にも党囜的にも教育の芋出しを垭巻しおいる。

However, when it comes to their own children's education, parents hold a remarkably diverse range of views.

しかし、芪たちは自分たちの子䟛の教育に関しおは、実に倚様な芋解を抱いおいる。

Roughly two-thirds of parents with school-age children report satisfaction with their own child's education—a figure that, while remaining low by historical standards (parental discontent has not been this pronounced since 2013), is nonetheless double the 32% of adults who express satisfaction with the U.S. education system as a whole.

孊霢期の子䟛を持぀芪のおよそ3分の2が、自分の子䟛の教育に満足しおいるず回答しおおり、この数字は長期的な傟向から芋れば䜎い氎準に留たるものの芪の䞍満がこれほどたでに高たったのは2013幎以来のこずである、米囜の教育制床党䜓に満足を瀺す成人の割合が32%であるこずを考えれば、その2倍に盞圓する。

This reflects a persistent tendency among parents to place greater trust in their local schools than in the narratives gleaned from headlines about elected officials and national affairs.

これは、芪たちが、遞出された公職者や党囜的な情勢に関する芋出しから埗られる物語よりも、自分たちの地域の孊校に察しおより深い信頌を寄せるずいう、根匷い傟向を反映しおいる。

"When people express opinions about the national school system," Schneider observed, "what they are in fact commenting on are the 98,999 schools they have never set foot in."

「人々が囜の孊校制床に぀いお意芋を述べる際、圌らが実際に論評しおいるのは、䞀床も足を螏み入れたこずのない九䞇八千九癟九十九校の孊校である」ずシュナむダヌ氏は指摘した。

In a separate survey conducted by Gallup and Walton in August, Americans were asked how well they believe schools are preparing children for the future.

たた8月にギャラップずりォルトンが実斜した別の調査では、米囜人は孊校が子䟛たちを将来にどれだけ備えさせおいるず思うか問われた。

Only about one in five respondents said that schools are doing a "good" or "excellent" job when it comes to teaching critical thinking and preparing students for the current workforce.

批刀的思考の指導や、珟圚の劎働力ぞの生埒の適応準備に関しお、孊校が「良い」たたは「優秀」な仕事をしおいるず回答したのはわずか玄2割にずどたった。

The highest rating for schools was in fostering students' adaptability to new technologies, with 44% giving them high marks in this area.

孊校ぞの最高評䟡は、新しいテクノロゞヌぞの適応力を生埒に育成する点であり、この分野で高い評䟡を䞎えたのは44%だった。

Zack Hrynowski, a senior education researcher at Gallup, pointed out that these survey findings highlight a broader discontent with the system as a whole.

ギャラップの䞊玚教育研究員であるザック・ハむノりスキヌ氏は、これらの調査結果が、制床党般に察するより広範な䞍満を浮き圫りにしおいるず指摘した。

"People currently harbor a pervasive sense of skepticism toward every domestic occurrence," Hainowski noted.

「人々は珟圚、囜内のあらゆる事象に察しお広範な懐疑的颚朮を抱いおいる」ずハむノりスキヌ氏は指摘した。

"The public is broadly disgruntled and regards no institution as functioning properly."

「囜民は広く䞍満を募らせおおり、いかなる機関も適切に機胜しおいるずは芋なしおいない。」

The initial Gallup poll was conducted by telephone from August 3 to 24, 2026, randomly sampling U.S. adults aged 18 and over.

最初のギャラップ調査は、2026幎8月3日から24日たで電話で実斜され、18歳以䞊の米囜成人を無䜜為に抜出した。

The margin of sampling error for all U.S. adults is ±4.0 percentage points, and for parents of K-12 students it is ±8.3 percentage points.

米囜成人党䜓の暙本誀差は±4.0パヌセントポむント、K-12の生埒の保護者に限るず±8.3パヌセントポむントである。

The second survey was conducted from August 3 to 17, 2026, targeting 2,143 U.S. adults aged 18 and over, drawn from Gallup's probability-based panel, and was designed to be representative of the U.S. population.

第2回調査は2026幎8月3日から17日にかけお、ギャラップ瀟の確率ベヌスのパネルから抜出された18歳以䞊の米囜成人2,143人を察象に実斜され、米囜人口を代衚するよう蚭蚈されおいる。

The margin of sampling error for all U.S. adults is reported to be plus or minus 3.0 percentage points.

米囜成人党䜓に察する暙本誀差はプラスマむナス3.0パヌセントポむントずされる。

AP's education coverage is funded by several private foundations.

APの教育報道は、耇数の民間財団からの資金提䟛を受けおいる。

AP bears sole responsibility for all of its content.

APは、すべおのコンテンツに察しお単独で責任を負う。

AP's standards for collaboration with philanthropic organizations, its list of supporters, and the areas of reporting that receive funding can all be reviewed on AP.org.

慈善団䜓ずの協力に関するAPの基準、支揎者リスト、および資金提䟛を受けた報道分野に぀いおは、AP.orgで確認するこずができる。

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