Full results from the Phi Delta Kappa Poll of the Public’s Attitudes Toward the Public Schools were released this month, covering topics such as teacher pay, school funding, perceived opportunity gaps between different student groups, the value of a college degree and its affordability, and other issues facing the public schools more broadly.
The most notable results include:

• Overwhelming support for increasing teacher pay, with 73 percent of Americans saying they would support the teachers in their community if they were to go on strike for higher salaries.
• A preference for spending more on students who need extra support rather than the same amount on each student regardless of need, 60 vs. 39 percent, albeit with no consensus on where the extra funds should come from.
• Widespread perception of fewer educational opportunities for lower-income, rural and black and Hispanic students  when compared with their counterparts.

Formerly the Phi Delta Kappa/Gallup poll, it’s now the third year the PDK survey has been produced by Langer Research Associates. See media coverage by the American Federation of Teachers, the National School Boards Association, The Washington Post, Townhall, The Guardian, NEA Today, the Chicago Daily Herald, the Los Angeles Times, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, the Boston Herald, the Arizona Education News Service, and Diverse: Issues in Education.
In addition to the full report, results from the 2018 PDK survey on school security were part of a separate, early release in July. It’s been picked up by USA Today, Politico, The Washington Post, The Hill, the Chicago Daily Herald, Detroit News, the Orlando Sentinel, The Buffalo News, The Crime Report, and The Jerusalem Post, among others.