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The latest Gallup poll reveals that American public satisfaction with schools has plummeted to an all-time low.

The latest Gallup poll reveals that American public satisfaction with schools has plummeted to an all-time low.

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September 9th, 2026

The latest Gallup poll reveals that American public satisfaction with schools has plummeted to an all-time low.

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American adults' satisfaction with the quality of the nationwide K-12 education system has plummeted to an all-time low, attributable both to escalating political polarization and to profound apprehensions that schools are failing to adequately equip students for the rigors of higher education and the exigencies of their future careers.

美国成年人全国K-12教育体系质量的满意度已跌至谷底这既源于日益激化的政治对立也归咎于学校未能充分培养学生应对高等教育未来职业挑战能力的深切忧虑。

According to a Gallup and Walton Family Foundation poll conducted jointly in August and released on Tuesday, which was obtained exclusively by The Associated Press, merely 32% of American adults expressed being "completely" or "somewhat" satisfied with the U.S. school system.

根据盖洛普与沃尔顿家族基金会于八月联合开展并于周二发布的一项民意调查该调查由美联社独家获取),仅有32%的美国成年人表示对美国学校体系感到完全”或“部分满意

This proportion has plummeted by eleven percentage points over the past two years, concurrently marking an all-time nadir since Gallup first broached this subject in its surveys twenty-seven years ago.

这一比例在过去两年间骤降了十一个百分点亦创下自二十七年前盖洛普首次就该议题展开调查以来的历史新低

Concurrently, the proportion of dissatisfaction has surged to 67%, reaching an unprecedented historical zenith.

与此同时不满情绪之占比已攀升至67%创下历史之最

Venerable authorities in the realms of education and scholastic policy have averred that these findings, whilst profoundly disquieting, are nonetheless entirely within the bounds of anticipation.

教育及学校政策领域资深权威专家指出这些发现令人深感忧虑然而完全在预料之中

Democrats have constituted the principal driving force behind the recent decline in approval ratings, which have plummeted by approximately 19 percentage points since Trump commenced his second term in 2025.

民主党人构成了近期支持率下滑核心驱动力,自2025年特朗普开启其第二任期以来其支持率已骤降约19个百分点

Satisfaction among independent voters has likewise exhibited a downward trajectory, receding by roughly 10 percentage points relative to 2024, whereas Republican satisfaction has registered only a marginal diminution, with a decrease of approximately 6 percentage points.

独立选民的满意度亦呈现下行趋势较2024年回落约10个百分点共和党人的满意度则仅现微幅走低降幅约为6个百分点

Jack Schneider, director of the Center for Education Policy at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, observes that the Trump administration's portrayal of schools as arenas of political contestation has engendered profound apprehension regarding the boundaries of teachers' classroom discourse, while concurrently championing the dismantling of diversity initiatives and advocating vociferously for the abolition of the Department of Educationall of which, ineluctably, has corroded the foundational trust reposed in the educational system by the public.

马萨诸塞大学阿默斯特分校教育政策中心主任杰克·施奈德指出特朗普政府将学校描绘为政治角逐的战场,此举引发对教师在课堂言论边界的深切忧虑同时推动废除多元化项目力主解散教育部凡此种种皆在无形中侵蚀了公众对教育体系的信任根基

Schneider remarked: "This spectacle is nothing short of chilling. We are teetering perilously on the precipice of the collapse of the public education system as we have come to know it."

施奈德表示:“此情此景令人不寒而栗我们正岌岌可危地伫立于我们所熟稔的公共教育体系土崩瓦解的悬崖边缘。”

He went on to observe that Democrats are particularly fraught with apprehension, dreading Trump's landmark school-choice initiativea scheme designed to channel taxpayer-funded scholarships toward covering tuition for children attending private institutions.

他继而指出民主党人尤为忧心忡忡忌惮于特朗普那项具有标志性意义的择校计划——该计划拟动用由纳税人资助的奖学金用以支付孩童入读私立学校的学费

However, political factors fall far short of fully accounting for this pervasive discontent.

然而政治因素远不足以全然诠释此种不满情绪

Gallup polls reveal that, since the COVID-19 pandemic compelled school closuresthereby precipitating academic regression, a mental health crisis, and a host of other afflictionspublic confidence in the educational establishment has evinced a sustained and pronounced downward trajectory.

盖洛普民意调查揭示新冠疫情迫使校园关闭进而催化了学业滑坡心理健康危机及其他诸多问题以来,公众教育体系整体信任度呈现出持续且显著的下降趋势

Headline news continues to fixate on reports of nationwide test scores, particularly the marked decline in reading proficiency, which portends a profound underlying concern that schools remain unable to regain their vitality in the wake of the pandemic's nadir.

头条新闻持续聚焦于全国考试成绩的报道尤其是阅读成绩的显著下滑这昭示着学校在疫情低谷过后仍难以恢复元气的深层隐忧

Sarah Reckhow, a political science professor at Michigan State University specializing in public policy, observed: "We are continually inundated with adverse reports on test scores and other societal trends, which may well be the very catalyst precipitating our current predicament."

密歇根州立大学专攻公共政策的政治学教授莎拉·雷克霍指出:“我们持续接收到关于考试成绩及其他社会趋势的负面讯息这或许正是导致当前局面的肇因。”

She further expounded, "There exists an overwhelming deluge of debate, discourse, and clamor surrounding the deployment of technology and artificial intelligence within the educational sphere."

她进一步阐述道,“围绕教育领域中的技术应用与人工智能,存在着铺天盖地的辩论探讨与喧嚣。”

Of late, the matter of adolescents' screen time during school hours has ascended to the forefront of educational journalism, commanding attention at both the local and national echelons.

近期青少年在校期间使用屏幕的时长问题,已然成为地方乃至全国教育新闻的焦点议题

Nevertheless, parents' perceptions of their children's education diverge markedly from the general populace.

然而家长对其子女教育之观感则迥异于众

Roughly two-thirds of parents with school-aged offspring profess contentment with their children's schoolinga figure that, while languishing at the nadir of this trend, with satisfaction levels not having been so subdued since 2013, nonetheless stands at double the 32% approval rate recorded among the adult population at large.

约莫三分之二育有学龄子女之家长坦言对子女教育心怀满意此比例亦落于该趋势之低谷——自2013年以来家长满意度从未如此低迷——然其数值为全体成年人中32%满意率之两倍

This phenomenon heralds an enduring evolutionary trajectory: the degree of trust that parents repose in the institutions their offspring attend far surpasses the national narrative they glean from the pronouncements of elected officials and the headlines of the press.

此现象昭示一种绵延不绝的演进态势家长对其子女所就读学府的信赖程度远逾于他们自民选官员之言论新闻头条中所汲取的全国性叙事

Schneider asserts: “When the public holds forth on institutions of learning across the nation, what they are in fact appraising are the ninety-eight thousand nine hundred and ninety-nine educational establishments they have never set foot in.”

施奈德断言:“当公众就全国各地的学府发表高论时,他们所品评的,实则是那些他们从未涉足过的九万八千九百九十九所教育机构。”

A further survey, conducted collaboratively by Gallup and the Walton Family Foundation in August, sought to ascertain the American public's perceptions regarding whether schools are adequately equipping students to confront the exigencies of the future.

另一项由盖洛普与沃尔顿基金会于八月协同开展的调研旨在洞悉美国公众对于学校能否充分培育学子以应对未来挑战之看法。

Mere two-tenths of respondents deemed schools' performance in inculcating critical thinking or in channeling talent into the contemporary labor market to be "good" or even "excellent."

仅约两成受访者认为学校在传授批判性思维为当前劳动力市场输送人才方面,其表现堪称“优良”乃至“卓越”

Conversely, the aspect for which schools garnered the most approbation pertained to guiding students in adapting to the evolution of nascent technologies, with a proportion of 44% according them high commendation.

学校最受赞誉之处在于引导学生顺应新兴技术之演进对此给予高度评价者占比达44%

Zach Hrynowski, a senior education researcher at Gallup, posits that these findings profoundly illuminate the deep-seated frustration the public harbors toward the broader institutional framework.

盖洛普高级教育研究员扎克·海诺夫斯基指出,这些发现深刻揭示了公众对更广泛制度体系所怀有的深切挫败感。

Hainowski observed, "At present, a pervasive sense of despondency pervades the entire nation.

海诺夫斯基指出:“当下举国上下弥漫着一种普遍的消极情绪

The populace is profoundly disheartened, perceiving that the functioning of various institutional mechanisms leaves much to be desired."

民众深感挫败认为各类体制机制的运作皆不尽如人意。”

The inaugural Gallup poll was conducted via telephone interviews from August 3 to 24, 2026, drawing a random sample of adult U.S. citizens aged 18 and above.

首项盖洛普民意调查于2026年8月3日至24日期间以电话访谈形式实施随机抽取美国年满18周岁及以上的成年公民作为样本。

For the entire adult American population, the margin of sampling error stands at ±4.0 percentage points; however, when focusing on the subgroup of parents with K-12 students, this margin widens to ±8.3 percentage points.

就全体美国成年人而言抽样误差幅度为正负4.0个百分点;而针对K-12学生家长这一子群体,其抽样误差则扩大至正负8.3个百分点

The second poll was conducted between August 3 and 17, 2026, among 2,143 American adults aged 18 and older, with its sample drawn from Gallup's probability-based panel, which is designed to systematically represent the overall U.S. population.

第二项民意调查于2026年8月3日至17日期间针对2,143名年满18周岁的美国成年人实施其样本源自盖洛普基于概率构建的固定样本组该样本组旨在系统性地代表美国总体人口

For all American adults, the margin of sampling error is plus or minus 3.0 percentage points.

就全体美国成年人而言抽样误差幅度为正负3.0个百分点

The Associated Press's educational reporting receives financial backing from a consortium of private foundations, yet the AP retains full and undivided responsibility for all content produced.

美联社的教育报道得到了多家私人基金会的财政支持美联社对所有内容承担全部责任

For exhaustive particulars pertaining to the AP's collaborative protocols with philanthropic entities, the roster of benefactors, and the domains of journalism thus underwritten, kindly consult AP.org.

关于美联社与慈善机构合作的标准资助方名单受资助的报道领域等详尽信息敬请访问AP.org查阅。

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