More and more schools around the country are eliminating long-standing systems that rank high school students on the level of their academic achievement including the designation of senior class valedictorians and salutatorians. But Americans aren’t eager to embrace the change.
Pope Francis in an interview last week indicated that he is open to the idea of married men becoming priests in order to combat the church’s shortage of clergy, and most American Catholics approve.
O.J. Simpson, the pro football great famously acquitted of murdering his ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend Ron Goldman, is up for parole this summer from his imprisonment for unrelated crimes. Most Americans don’t want to see Simpson go free.
Despite the feeling of most Americans that the weather has not been worse this year than in recent years, more Americans than ever are hitting the road for a winter escape.
President Trump is rolling back a recent Obama administration policy that allows transgender students to use the school bathrooms of their choice. Most Americans still agree that local school bathroom policy is not the responsibility of the federal government.
Most Americans still think the media is in too big a hurry.
Trust drives viewership, or vice versa, according to the latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone and online survey.
Though Americans place a lack of discipline high on the list of problems in public schools today, most don’t think teachers in the United States should follow the lead of some in the United Kingdom who are wearing body cameras to record students’ behavior.
Americans continue to place high importance on teaching as a profession but don’t think many are clamoring to become teachers.
Democrats unsuccessfully opposed newly-confirmed Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos, but many Americans share her views on some key areas in education.
More Americans see a brighter future for the kids.
President Trump reportedly wants to cut taxpayer funding of PBS and NPR, but most Americans are opposed.
The Los Angeles Sheriff's Department has announced that it will use unmanned drones in certain criminal situations, as support for both police and commercial drone use continues to rise.
Following Meryl Streep's Golden Globes speech criticizing incoming President Donald Trump, most Americans see Hollywood celebrities as politically to the left of them and dismiss the stars as poor role models.
As Congress and the next president wrestle with what to do with Obamacare, many Americans continue to feel the pinch of high health care costs.
A surprising number of Americans know someone who has been murdered.
Americans are less than thrilled about the way 2016 turned out but are feeling good about the year ahead.
Actress-writer Carrie Fisher, best known for portraying Princess Leia in the "Star Wars" films, passed away this week, capping a year marked by a seemingly high number of major celebrity deaths. Most Americans remember her fondly.
It’s almost time to bid 2016 farewell, and some Americans already have big plans for 2017.
