K-12 schools

The next set of questions ask about education. During the school year that started in the Fall of 2020, how many children in this household were enrolled in Kindergarten through 12th grade or grade equivalent? Enter numbers for all that apply. Enter '0' if none.

The next set of questions ask about education. During the school year that started in the Fall of 2020, how many children in this household were enrolled in Kindergarten through 12th grade or grade equivalent? Enter numbers for all that apply. Enter '0' if none.

The next set of questions ask about education. During the school year that started in the Fall of 2020, how many children in this household were enrolled in Kindergarten through 12th grade or grade equivalent? Enter numbers for all that apply. Enter '0' if none.

How often is a computer or other digital device available to children for educational purposes? Select only one answer.

How often is the Internet available to children for educational purposes? Select only one answer.

During the last 7 days, on how many days did the student(s) have real time contact, that is not pre-recorded contact, with their teachers by video, in person, or by phone? Select only one answer.

Is the computer or other digital device ...? Select all that apply

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Is the computer or other digital device ...? Select all that apply

During the last 7 days, about how many hours did the student(s) spend doing learning activities on their own? Do not include time spent with teachers or other household members. Enter the total number of hours for all students. If none, enter 0.

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During the last 7 days, how did the children in this household receive their education? Select all that apply.

During the last 7 days, how did the children in this household receive their education? Select all that apply.

During the last 7 days, how did the children in this household receive their education? Select all that apply.

During the last 7 days, how did the children in this household receive their education? Select all that apply.

During the last 7 days, how did the children in this household receive their education? Select all that apply.

During the last 7 days, how did the children in this household receive their education? Select all that apply.

During the last 7 days, how did the children in this household receive their education? Select all that apply.

Are Internet services ...? Select all that apply.

How has the coronavirus pandemic affected how the children in this household received education for the 2020 - 2021 school year? Select all that apply.

How has the coronavirus pandemic affected how the children in this household received education for the 2020 - 2021 school year? Select all that apply.

How has the coronavirus pandemic affected how the children in this household received education for the 2020 - 2021 school year? Select all that apply.

How has the coronavirus pandemic affected how the children in this household received education for the 2020 - 2021 school year? Select all that apply.

During the last 7 days, about how much time did the student(s) typically spend on all learning activities relative to a school day before the coronavirus pandemic? Select only one answer.

How has the coronavirus pandemic affected how the children in this household received education for the 2020 - 2021 school year? Select all that apply.

During the school year that begins in the Summer / Fall of 2024, how many children in this household are or will be enrolled in Kindergarten through 12th grade or grade equivalent? Enter whole numbers for all that apply.

During the school year that begins in the Summer / Fall of 2024, how many children in this household are or will be enrolled in Kindergarten through 12th grade or grade equivalent? Enter whole numbers for all that apply.

During the school year that begins in the Summer / Fall of 2024, how many children in this household are or will be enrolled in Kindergarten through 12th grade or grade equivalent? Enter whole numbers for all that apply.

During the last 7 days, how did the children in this household receive their education? Select all that apply.

During the last 7 days, how did the children in this household receive their education? Select all that apply.

How has the coronavirus pandemic affected how the children in this household received education? Select all that apply. - Selected Choice - Classes normally taught in person moved to a distance-learning format using paper materials sent home to children

How has the coronavirus pandemic affected how the children in this household received education? Select all that apply. - Selected Choice - Classes normally taught in person moved to a distance-learning format using online resources, either self-paced or in real time

Are Internet services ...? Select all that apply. - Paid for by the children's school or school district

How has the coronavirus pandemic affected how the children in this household received education? Select all that apply. - Selected Choice - Classes normally taught in person at the school were cancelled

How has the coronavirus pandemic affected how the children in this household received education? Select all that apply. - Selected Choice - Classes normally taught in person changed in some other way -- Please specify:

During the last 7 days, about how many hours did the student have live contact either by phone or video with their teachers? Enter number of hours (if none, enter zero).

How has the coronavirus pandemic affected how the children in this household received education? Select all that apply. - Selected Choice - There was no change because schools did not close

Including hours spent during weekdays and weekends, about how many hours did household members spend on ALL teaching activities with the children in this household during the last 7 days? Enter number of hours (if none, enter zero).

Did you take a high school chemistry course?

Did you take a high school physics course?

Did you take a high school biology course?

Thinking about the last 7 days, were any of the children in your household receiving their education with a combination of in-person learning at school and another form of learning (e.g., virtual instruction, online or paper material provided by the school) because of the pandemic?

During the last 7 days, how did the children in this household receive their education? Mark all that apply.

During the last 7 days, how did the children in this household receive their education? Mark all that apply.

In the last 7 days, did the students in this household receive any food assistance from school?

Did the student(s) ...(select all that apply)

During the last 7 days, how did the children in this household receive their education? Mark all that apply.

Because of the pandemic, are any of the children in your household currently receiving their education with a combination of in-person learning at school and another form of learning (e.g., virtual instruction, online or paper material provided by the school)?

After the end of the normal school year in the Spring of 2021, did any of the Kindergarten through 12th grade students in your household: Please select all that apply.

During the last 7 days, how did the children in this household receive their education? Mark all that apply.

During the last 7 days, how did the children in this household receive their education? Mark all that apply.

Did the student(s) ...(select all that apply)

During the last 7 days, how did the children in this household receive their education? Mark all that apply.

After the end of the normal school year in the Spring of 2021, did any of the Kindergarten through 12th grade students in your household: Please select all that apply.

During the last 7 days, how did the children in this household receive their education? Mark all that apply.

Did the student(s) ...(select all that apply)

After the end of the normal school year in the Spring of 2021, did any of the Kindergarten through 12th grade students in your household: Please select all that apply.

Are Internet services in your home ...? Select all that apply.

After the end of the normal school year in the Spring of 2021, did any of the Kindergarten through 12th grade students in your household: Please select all that apply.

During the last 7 days, how did the children in this household receive their education? Mark all that apply.

Quality of your local schools - How satisfied are you with each of the following aspects of your neighborhood?

After the end of the normal school year in the Spring of 2022, did any of the Kindergarten through 12th grade students in your household: Please select all that apply.

During the last 7 days, how did the children in this household receive their education? Select all that apply.

After the end of the normal school year in the Spring of 2022, did any of the Kindergarten through 12th grade students in your household: Please select all that apply.

After the end of the normal school year in the Spring of 2022, did any of the Kindergarten through 12th grade students in your household: Please select all that apply.

After the end of the normal school year in the Spring of 2022, did any of the Kindergarten through 12th grade students in your household: Please select all that apply.

After the end of the normal school year in the Spring of 2022, did any of the Kindergarten through 12th grade students in your household: Please select all that apply.

Enrolled in a public school - Are any of your children currently enrolled in Kindergarten through 12th grade?

Of your children enrolled in kindergarten through 12th grade, how is the youngest child receiving their education?

Home schooled and not enrolled in public or private school - Are any of your children currently enrolled in Kindergarten through 12th grade?

Enrolled in a private school - Are any of your children currently enrolled in Kindergarten through 12th grade?

3. Child had serious trouble in school (e.g. failing, dropping out, expelled, held back).

3. Christian school (not Catholic)

4. Other church-affiliated school (not Christian)

2. Catholic school

6. Other

5. Private non-religious school

Do/did all of your children attend public school for all of their elementary and high school education?

• Home schooling

B. I trust the judgment of the teachers and professors who decide what high school and college students should be reading.

NOTE: This variable originates on the GSS Next follow-on, and should not be analyzed without the GSS Next-specific weights WTSSPS_NEXT or WTSSNRPS_NEXT

Some states are considering the following policies. If this came up in your state, would you support or oppose the proposal? [School voucher subsidies for families to send their children to private or charter schools other than their local public school.]

I’m concerned about my child getting COVID-19 at school - Do each of the following reasons contribute to your decision to home school any of your children?

How would you prefer for your youngest school-age child to receive their education, given the current situation with the pandemic?

They are doing well academically - Do you agree or disagree with each statement about your child for the current academic year?

They are doing well socially and emotionally - Do you agree or disagree with each statement about your child for the current academic year?

The local school’s safety measures are too strict - Do each of the following reasons contribute to your decision to home school any of your children?

They were prepared academically to start the school year - Do you agree or disagree with each statement about your child for the current academic year?

Academically - Compared to a year ago, would you say your child is doing better, about the same, or worse in each of the following areas?

Socially and emotionally - Compared to a year ago, would you say your child is doing better, about the same, or worse in each of the following areas?

They like school - Do you agree or disagree with each statement about your child for the current academic year?

They have access to their teachers. - Do you agree or disagree with each statement related to your child's experience with distance learning classes?

They are learning just as much as they would taking classes in person. - Do you agree or disagree with each statement related to your child's experience with distance learning classes?

They have adequate access to the internet and technology to complete coursework - Do you agree or disagree with each statement related to your child's experience with distance learning classes?

They have remained connected to other students and peers at their school. - Do you agree or disagree with each statement related to your child's experience with distance learning classes?

Quality of local schools - Are you generally satisfied or dissatisfied with each of the following aspects of your housing situation?

Thinking now about your _local community_, how would you grade the following: [The schools]

[Jobs available while in school] During high school, did you receive information or counseling from your school on a regular basis about the following:

[Jobs or career paths for after graduation] During high school, did you receive information or counseling from your school on a regular basis about the following:

[College or college admissions] During high school, did you receive information or counseling from your school on a regular basis about the following:

School education for children? (Should it be?)

[Quality of your local schools] How satisfied are you with each of the following aspects of your housing situation?

The quality of science and mathematics education in American schools is inadequate. (Do you strongly agree, agree, disagree, or strongly disagree?)

Completed their formal schooling

A. By what age should this normally occur?

D. Learning a foreign language is as valuable as learning math and science in school.

3a. What denomination or church was/is this school affiliated with?

B. Bilingual education programs should be eliminated in American public schools.

A. Children in the U.S. should learn a second language fluently before they finish high school.

C. American schools should make much more effort to teach foreign languages properly

B. Education

How do you feel about bilingual education? Are you strongly in favor of it, somewhat in favor of it, somewhat opposed to it, or strongly opposed to it?

In history classes in high school and college, do the experiences of racial and ethnic minority groups in America receive too much attention now, too little attention, or about the right amount?

Students who want to keep up with their native languages and cultures should be able to take many of the classes in Spanish or other languages All the way through high school……......3

F. It is better for everyone if English is the only language used in the public schools.

C. High schools and colleges make students spend too much time reading "classics" that have little relevance in today's world

A. The quality of their education.

A. Prohibit students with the AIDS virus from attending public school

What is the name of the head of the local school system? (CORRECT ANSWERS INCLUDE THE NAME OF THE HEAD OF THE LOCAL SCHOOL BOARD OR THE NAME OF THE SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS).

F. Job training.

G. Science and technology.

I. Discipline and orderliness.

C. Respect for authority.

E. Ability to make one's own judgments.

B. Sex education.

H. Concern for minorities and the poor.

D. History, literature, and the arts.

A. Reading, writing, and mathematics.

A. Does everyone in this country have an opportunity to obtain an education corresponding to their abilities and talents?