According to a survey conducted in 2023, 50 percent of public K-12 teachers in the United States believed that students should not learn about gender identity at school. In comparison, 33 percent of K-12 teachers said that students should learn in school that whether someone is a boy or a girl can be different from the sex they were assigned at birth while 14 percent shared the belief that students should be taught that whether someone is a boy or a girl is determined by the sex they were assigned at birth.
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Share of public K-12 teachers with various beliefs on what students should learn about gender identity at school in the United States in 2023, by grade level
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Students should not learn about this in school
Students should learn in school that whether someone is a boy or a girl can be different from the sex they were assigned at birth
Students should learn in school that whether someone is a boy or a girl is determined by the sex they were assigned at birth
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Pew Research Center. (February 22, 2024). Share of public K-12 teachers with various beliefs on what students should learn about gender identity at school in the United States in 2023, by grade level [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved July 12, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1455714/k-12-teachers-views-on-teaching-gender-identity-at-school/
Pew Research Center. "Share of public K-12 teachers with various beliefs on what students should learn about gender identity at school in the United States in 2023, by grade level." Chart. February 22, 2024. Statista. Accessed July 12, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1455714/k-12-teachers-views-on-teaching-gender-identity-at-school/
Pew Research Center. (2024). Share of public K-12 teachers with various beliefs on what students should learn about gender identity at school in the United States in 2023, by grade level. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: July 12, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1455714/k-12-teachers-views-on-teaching-gender-identity-at-school/
Pew Research Center. "Share of Public K-12 Teachers with Various Beliefs on What Students Should Learn about Gender Identity at School in The United States in 2023, by Grade Level." Statista, Statista Inc., 22 Feb 2024, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1455714/k-12-teachers-views-on-teaching-gender-identity-at-school/
Pew Research Center, Share of public K-12 teachers with various beliefs on what students should learn about gender identity at school in the United States in 2023, by grade level Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1455714/k-12-teachers-views-on-teaching-gender-identity-at-school/ (last visited July 12, 2025)
Share of public K-12 teachers with various beliefs on what students should learn about gender identity at school in the United States in 2023, by grade level [Graph], Pew Research Center, February 22, 2024. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1455714/k-12-teachers-views-on-teaching-gender-identity-at-school/
