兰德公司（RAND）：2025美国K-12公立学校社会与政治议题教学情况调研报告（英文版）（12页）.pdf

1、ASHLEY WOO,MELISSA KAY DILIBERTI,ELIZABETH D.STEINER,SABRINA LEEInstruction About Social and Political Topics in K12 Public SchoolsFindings from the 2024 State of the American Teacher SurveyTeachers instruction is influenced by a multitude of factors,such as state standards,curricu-lum materials,stu

2、dent needs,world events,and district or school policies.Since spring 2021,teachers have experienced a new factor that could influence their instruction:state policies that prohibit or limit instruction related to race,gender,or sexual orientation.The first set of state restrictions prohibited the pu

3、rported tenets of critical race theory and/or a set of concepts perceived as divisive related to race and gender that are connected to cri-tiques of critical race theory,such as unconscious bias,the notion that“the United States is fundamentally racist or sexist,”or the idea that individu-als should

4、 feel“discomfort,guilt,or anguish”because of their race or sex,among others(Friedman and Tager,2021).In 2022,after the passage of Floridas Parental Rights in Education Actknown colloquially as the Dont Say Gay lawsome states enacted a second set of restrictions that explicitly prohibit classroom ins

5、truc-tion related to sexual orientation and gender identity(Young,Friedman,and Meehan,2023).KEY FINDINGS Among the ten social and political topics the survey asked about,teachers most frequently taught about social and emotional learn-ing(SEL)(90 percent),stories or histories about people of color(8

6、0 percent),and racial inequality(69 percent).Teachers least commonly taught about gun control or gun rights(30 percent)and pro-life or pro-choice positions(16 percent).With the exception of SEL,when teachers addressed social and political topics in class,they mostly did so infrequently.Secondary sch