A new Pew Research Center survey finds that while a majority of U.S. parents hold traditional, conservative views on whether gender identity should be taught in schools, many public school teachers also hold It turns out that they accept the traditional view on this issue.
of investigation The share of Americans and public school teachers is that 68 percent of parents of students in kindergarten through 12th grade believe that children should not learn about gender identity in school (37 percent) or that gender is (31%) believe that women should learn that “it depends on their gender at the time” (31%). Less than a third of her parents (31%) think students should learn that their gender may be different from their birth gender.
This traditional view is also supported by 49 percent of Democratic parents (28 percent think it should not be taught and 21 percent believe that gender is determined by sex at birth). I think we should learn from each other). The opposite is true, with 64% saying children should be taught from birth that they can have different genders. (Black and Hispanic Democratic parents differ from white Democratic parents on this issue).
On the other hand, public school teachers also have traditional views on this issue.
According to a Pew survey, 64 percent of K-12 teachers either believe that children should not be taught about gender identity (50 percent) or that gender is determined by “sex assigned at birth.” (14%) or 14% believe that it should be taught. A third (33%) of public school teachers think children should be taught that they can be “different from the gender assigned at birth.”
These traditional views come from elementary, middle and high school teachers.
For example, 73 percent of elementary teachers in public schools believe that they should not teach about gender identity (62 percent) or that children should be taught that their gender is determined by their sex at birth (11 percent) . This traditional view is supported by 61 percent of public secondary school teachers (45 percent said they should not teach children that gender is determined by their sex at birth; 16 percent said they should not teach children that gender is determined by their sex at birth; (The answer is that it should be taught.) This traditional view is also supported by 48 percent of high school teachers, with a plurality of splits (35 percent saying it should not be taught and 15 percent saying that high school students learn that their gender is determined by their sex at birth. ). A total of 45% of high school teachers say high school students should be taught that their gender can be “different from the gender assigned at birth.”
Pew released the report on February 22nd.
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Michael Faust has covered the intersection of faith and news for 20 years. His story was published in Baptist Press. Christianity Today, Christian Poecent, of leaf chronicle, of toronto star and of knoxville news sentinel.
