Education - AP-NORC

2025 State of School Transportation

This report from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research, conducted in partnership with HopSkipDrive, explores the growing challenges school administrators and parents face with student transportation and examines the impact on education, family life, and potential solutions.

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The public holds nuanced views on the role of religion in public schools

Fifty-eight percent of the public think it is okay for religious chaplains to provide support services in public schools. Around 4 in 10 feel teachers should be allowed to lead a class in prayer. Thirty-two percent think religion has too much influence on what children are taught in public schools and 38% think it has too little influence.

Education

Few support punitive funding cuts to colleges and universities

Most of the public believes that colleges and universities make significant contributions to scientific and technological advancement and think their federal research funding should be maintained.

Education

Views toward student loan relief are tied to partisanship and experience with debt

Less than a third approve of President Biden’s handling of student loan debt, but the public is more likely to support than oppose his administration’s latest debt relief plans.