IPSOS international poll shows political bias is top challenge of US education | Eastern NC Now

The well regarded polling firm IPSOS recently ran a poll in thirty key countries around the world in Asia, Europe, Africa, and the Americas simultaneously asking citizens what was the top challenge for education in each country.  In many countries, top issues were things like outdated curriculum, inadequate educational infrastructure, lack of public funding, and overcrowded classrooms, but in the US, the top issue facing eduction was political / ideological bias in the classroom.

In the United States, over 1,000 Americans were polled and the top challenge to education according to citizens is political bias in the classroom.  In the poll, 33% of respondants listed that as the top challenge.  Second was safety and security which was mentioned by 31%.  The US was the only country survered where political bias was viewed by the public as the top challenge to education.

https://resources.ipsos.com/rs/297-CXJ-795/images/Education_Monitor_2024.pdf?version=0&aliId=eyJpIjoiN3BONVwveVZyNXpuVW5EZlYiLCJ0IjoiR2pqZjVRVzhxQVNHelNJYXdKS2hJdz09In0%253D

https://www.zerohedge.com/personal-finance/education-global-challenges-facing-schools

Here in North Carolina, the John Locke Foundation took a poll last year that found that 71% of parents in North Carolina were concerned about ideological indoctrination of their children in the classroom in our public schools.