22: Highlights from the 57th Annual PDK Poll

26/08/2025 18 min

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Episode Synopsis

PDK International has polled the American public for the 57th time this year with its annual poll focused on attitudes about public education in America. In this edition, Kathleen Vail, editor in chief of Kappan Magazine, interviews PDK International’s director of public relations, Dr. John Hendron about this year’s poll.

Highlights of this conversation and this year’s poll include:

Attitudes about DEI Initiatives,Attitudes about cell phone policiesAttitudes about the use of AI in schoolsAttitudes about local and national school performance

The full results of this year’s poll will be featured in the Autumn edition of Kappan Magazine. The public can also review this year’s results at pdkpoll.org.

PDK International partnered with the Wason Center for Civic Leadership to conduct this year’s poll to a national sample of over 1,000 respondents, 25% of whom identified as parents.

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