{"id":88579,"date":"2023-09-06T10:49:40","date_gmt":"2023-09-06T14:49:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/?p=88579"},"modified":"2023-09-11T08:17:40","modified_gmt":"2023-09-11T12:17:40","slug":"three-items-re-how-americans-are-feeling-thinking-about-their-k12-higher-ed-learning-ecosystems","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/2023\/09\/06\/three-items-re-how-americans-are-feeling-thinking-about-their-k12-higher-ed-learning-ecosystems\/","title":{"rendered":"Three items re: how Americans are feeling &#038; thinking about their K12 &#038; higher ed learning ecosystems"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><span style=\"color: #800000;\">RE: K12<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.gallup.com\/poll\/510401\/education-satisfaction-ties-record-low.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>K-12 Education Satisfaction in U.S. Ties Record Low<\/strong><\/a> &#8212; from news.gallup.com by Megan Brenan; via Matthew Tower<\/p>\n<p><strong>STORY HIGHLIGHTS<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>36% satisfied with U.S. K-12 education quality, matching record low in 2000<\/li>\n<li>76% of K-12 parents satisfied with own child\u2019s, 41% with U.S., education<\/li>\n<li>Republicans\u2019 satisfaction with K-12 education at new low of 25%<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>Still, parents of elementary and secondary school students remain quite satisfied with the education their child is getting, and they offer mostly positive reviews of the performance of their children\u2019s teachers. If parental satisfaction wanes, however, parents may choose to move their child to a different school.<\/strong><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>***<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #800000;\">RE: HIGHER EDUCATION<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.chronicle.com\/newsletter\/daily-briefing\/2023-09-05?\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Our exclusive poll reveals a mixed bag for colleges <\/strong><\/a>&#8212; from chronicle.com by Rick Seltzer (and article by Eric Kelderman)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Exclusive new polling by\u00a0The Chronicle\u00a0suggests Americans still believe that college credentials have value,<\/strong> even as many hold reservations about higher education\u2019s track record of benefiting society and educating students,\u00a0our Eric Kelderman reports.<\/p>\n<p>People would generally tell a close friend or relative that getting a college degree is worth it, according to a national survey conducted for\u00a0The Chronicle.\u00a0Almost eight in 10 respondents said they\u2019d tell a close friend to seek a bachelor\u2019s degree. Even among those who thought their own associate or bachelor\u2019s degree wasn\u2019t worthwhile, 57 percent would tell a friend to go for a bachelor\u2019s.<br \/>\n&#8230;<br \/>\n<strong>But wait. Respondents were tepid when asked how well colleges were fulfilling key parts of their missions.<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Only 30 percent said colleges were doing an excellent or very good job leveling the playing field for success.<\/li>\n<li>Just 40 percent said colleges are excellent or very good at educating students.<\/li>\n<li>A flashing red light: Those with more education felt worse about colleges\u2019 ability to educate students than did those with a high-school degree or less.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><b>The bigger picture:<\/b>\u00a0Colleges still have reservoirs of public support to tap, but they can\u2019t expect to win more hearts and minds merely by telling their stories better. Higher ed\u2019s skeptics include many people who\u2019ve passed through campuses, suggesting business as usual won\u2019t cut it \u2014 even when it comes to the core work of educating students.<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gallup.com\/analytics\/468986\/state-of-higher-education.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Education for What?<\/strong><\/a> &#8212; from gallup.com<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Despite enrollment and completion rates declining and Americans&#8217; confidence in higher education falling, the economic case for earning a college degree remains solid. College graduates earn about $1 million more over the course of their working years than U.S. adults with no college degree, on average.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">However, a college degree has value beyond financial gain.<br \/>\n&#8230;<br \/>\nThe results show that additional years of education beyond high school make for a healthier, more civic-minded individual who is more likely to interact with neighbors and family members, and to do work that aligns with their natural talents and interests.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><em><span style=\"color: #800000;\">Addendum on 9\/11\/23:<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/stradaeducation.org\/news\/new-study-assesses-recent-community-college-students-views-on-value-of-their-education\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>New study assesses recent community college students\u2019 views on value of their education<\/strong><\/a> &#8212; from stradaeducation.org by Alicia Garceau Halbert<br \/>\n<em>Most say they accomplished what they wanted from their experience, even though only 1 in 3 completed associate degree<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>RE: K12 K-12 Education Satisfaction in U.S. Ties Record Low &#8212; from news.gallup.com by Megan Brenan; via Matthew Tower STORY HIGHLIGHTS 36% satisfied with U.S. K-12 education quality, matching record low in 2000 76% of K-12 parents satisfied with own child\u2019s, 41% with U.S., education Republicans\u2019 satisfaction with K-12 education at new low of 25% [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[115,302,343,347,3,46,7,480,89,206,321,214],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-88579","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-colleges","category-community-colleges","category-education","category-education-reform","category-higher-education","category-k-12-related","category-learning-ecosystem","category-society","category-teachers","category-trends","category-united-states","category-universities"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88579","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=88579"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88579\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":88594,"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88579\/revisions\/88594"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=88579"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=88579"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=88579"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}