Opinion Today
April 9, 2022
The public, parents, and K-12 education: National polling update EdChoice & Morning Consult The percentage of Americans who felt the coronavirus had been ‘very disruptive’ held steady in March – despite COVID cases continuing to decrease after a massive surge. Americans have begun to prioritize vaccines more than masks. After a major slide in January, the public began to rate schools and school districts more positively. More than half of Americans in their 40s are ‘sandwiched’ between an aging parent and their own children Juliana Menasce Horowitz, Pew Research Center As people are living longer and many young adults are struggling to gain financial independence, about a quarter of U.S. adults (23%) are now part of the so-called “sandwich generation.” These are adults who have a parent age 65 or older and are either raising at least one child younger than 18 or providing financial support to an adult child.
