California voters are less satisfied with local schools than voters in other states, a new poll found.
Likely voters in California who are also parents were more dissatisfied with the performance of traditional public schools during the pandemic than parents in every other state polled, including Colorado, Georgia, Indiana, Louisiana, Missouri, Texas, New Jersey, Tennessee, and the District of Columbia, according to a poll commissioned by the nonprofit group Murmuration.
“Many places in California struggled to get remote learning set up and make it effective. There were also fights with the unions when it came to school reopenings,” said Brian Reich, vice president of communications at Murmuration, as reported by the 74. “I think that over the course of the pandemic, issues just continued to compound themselves.”
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California voters were also the least supportive of local teachers unions, with 29% of voters viewing teachers unions negatively, compared to 27% nationally. They also reacted the most negatively toward parent teacher organizations, according to the outlet.
The poll, which sampled nearly 7,000 registered voters of various ages, races, and political affiliations across 10 states, was conducted in March by the research group SocialSphere on behalf of Murmuration.
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California was one of the slowest states to bring students back into the classroom for in-person instruction, trailing only Washington, Oregon, and Maryland, according to data from the U.S. Department of Education.
