[ { "id": "npu-2026-09", "title": "Parents on school AI, screens and instruction", "publisher": "National Parents Union / Echelon Insights", "kind": "Survey", "audiences": [ "Parents" ], "topics": [ "Student AI", "Screen time", "School-issued devices", "AI literacy", "Digital literacy" ], "published": "2026-09-28", "fieldwork": "September 7–11, 2026", "population": "1,528 U.S. parents of K–12 public-school pupils", "method": "Online non-probability sample from Cint/Lucid; quotas and demographic weighting. Publisher reports ±2.6 points using a random-sample calculation; this does not capture all non-probability sampling error.", "funding": "Commissioned by National Parents Union, an advocacy organization.", "findings": [ { "value": "71%", "label": "Support banning student chatbot use during the school day" }, { "value": "85%", "label": "Support schools teaching AI safety" }, { "value": "77%", "label": "Support teaching effective AI use" }, { "value": "78%", "label": "Prefer limiting K–2 learning screen time; 11% prefer a ban" }, { "value": "58%", "label": "Prefer laptops on carts for designated use; 38% prefer desks all day" } ], "questionNote": "Separate policy-support items and screen/device questions. The publisher provides wording and response tables. Support combines strong and somewhat support where applicable.", "limitation": "Responses to separate questions cannot identify which individual parents support both. Different May wording prevents a simple trend. These are national views, not local district opinion or evidence of learning effects.", "source": "https://parentsonai.org/", "methodSource": "https://parentsonai.org/", "policyUse": "Pair age-specific limits with the separate question of teaching safe and informed use.", "checked": "2026-10-05" }, { "id": "gallup-screens-2026", "title": "Teachers’ views of classroom learning devices", "publisher": "Gallup / Walton Family Foundation / Joan Ganz Cooney Center", "kind": "Survey", "audiences": [ "Teachers" ], "topics": [ "Screen time", "School-issued devices" ], "published": "2026-09-16", "fieldwork": "May 6–29, 2026", "population": "2,101 U.S. K–12 public-school teachers", "method": "National probability-based teacher panel; see the linked study for weighting and questionnaire.", "funding": "Walton Family Foundation–Gallup study with the Joan Ganz Cooney Center.", "findings": [ { "value": "61%", "label": "Want less student time on learning devices" }, { "value": "59%", "label": "Agree the digital tools they use help students learn effectively" }, { "value": "34%", "label": "Strongly support a daily maximum for device time" } ], "questionNote": "Different items measure preferred device time, perceived effectiveness and strong support for a daily maximum. “Strongly support” is not total support.", "limitation": "Teacher perceptions and self-reported use do not establish causal effects. Learning devices are distinct from personal phones.", "source": "https://news.gallup.com/poll/714479/screens-ubiquitous-classrooms-teachers-split-efficacy.aspx", "methodSource": "https://news.gallup.com/poll/714479/screens-ubiquitous-classrooms-teachers-split-efficacy.aspx", "policyUse": "Ask about purpose and classroom oversight alongside screen duration.", "checked": "2026-10-05" }, { "id": "pew-teens-2026", "title": "Teen chatbot use and parents’ comfort with it", "publisher": "Pew Research Center", "kind": "Survey", "audiences": [ "Students", "Parents" ], "topics": [ "Student AI", "AI literacy", "Online safety" ], "published": "2026-02-24", "fieldwork": "September 25–October 9, 2025", "population": "1,458 U.S. teens ages 13–17 and their parents", "method": "Online Ipsos KnowledgePanel recruitment through parents; weighted national estimates. Overall margin of error ±3.3 percentage points for each population.", "funding": "Published by Pew Research Center; survey collection by Ipsos.", "findings": [ { "value": "54%", "label": "Of teens report ever using chatbots for schoolwork help" }, { "value": "18%", "label": "Of parents would accept chatbot emotional support for their teen" } ], "questionNote": "Separate teen use and parent acceptability questions. The schoolwork figure uses all teens, not only chatbot users. Original wording and tables are linked.", "limitation": "Fieldwork was in 2025 despite the 2026 publication. Comfort differs by use case. Neither statistic measures support for a school ban.", "source": "https://www.pewresearch.org/internet/2026/02/24/how-teens-use-and-view-ai/", "methodSource": "https://www.pewresearch.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/20/2026/02/PI_2026.02.24_Teens-and-AI_TOPLINE.pdf", "additionalSource": "https://www.pewresearch.org/internet/2026/02/24/what-parents-say-about-their-teens-ai-use/", "policyUse": "Distinguish homework assistance, information seeking and companionship.", "checked": "2026-10-05" }, { "id": "rand-panels-2025", "title": "How students, parents and district leaders view AI", "publisher": "RAND", "kind": "Survey synthesis", "audiences": [ "Students", "Parents", "Teachers", "Administrators" ], "topics": [ "Student AI", "AI literacy" ], "published": "2025-09-30", "fieldwork": "October 2024–June 2025 across eight survey samples", "population": "Eight samples, including 984 parents of 12–17-year-olds and 232 district leaders; denominators differ by item", "method": "National survey panels plus a small, nonrepresentative leader-interview sample. District sample weighting cannot eliminate unobserved selection differences.", "funding": "See report acknowledgments for funding and partner details.", "findings": [ { "value": "61% / 22%", "label": "Parents / district leaders agreeing that more AI use could harm student critical thinking" }, { "value": "35%", "label": "District leaders reporting student AI training in spring 2025" } ], "questionNote": "Item wording appears in figure notes; the Data Sources and Methods section lists eight samples. The parent–leader comparison uses different samples.", "limitation": "These are beliefs and reports, not measured cognitive harm or verified policy coverage. Different populations and dates are not a single matched trend.", "source": "https://www.rand.org/pubs/research_reports/RRA4180-1.html", "methodSource": "https://www.rand.org/content/dam/rand/pubs/research_reports/RRA4100/RRA4180-1/RAND_RRA4180-1.pdf", "policyUse": "Surface differences between leadership assumptions and family/student concerns.", "checked": "2026-10-05" }, { "id": "gallup-guidance-2026", "title": "Teachers’ reported access to AI guidance", "publisher": "Gallup / Walton Family Foundation", "kind": "Survey", "audiences": [ "Teachers" ], "topics": [ "Student AI", "AI literacy", "Staff AI" ], "published": "2026-05-26", "fieldwork": "February 9–March 2, 2026", "population": "2,069 U.S. K–12 public-school teachers", "method": "National probability-based teacher panel.", "funding": "Walton Family Foundation–Gallup research partnership.", "findings": [ { "value": "18%", "label": "Report formal guidance on AI work tasks" }, { "value": "48%", "label": "Report informal guidance only" }, { "value": "34%", "label": "Report no guidance across the measured tasks" } ], "questionNote": "Formal means written policy or official guidance; informal includes discussions and shared norms. Ten work tasks were measured.", "limitation": "A teacher reporting no guidance does not prove the district has no policy. These figures concern staff work, not student AI permission.", "source": "https://news.gallup.com/poll/710534/teachers-receive-no-formal-guidance.aspx", "methodSource": "https://news.gallup.com/poll/710534/teachers-receive-no-formal-guidance.aspx", "policyUse": "Check whether adopted rules reach the educators expected to use them.", "checked": "2026-10-05" }, { "id": "rand-youth-2026", "title": "Student AI use and concerns about thinking", "publisher": "RAND", "kind": "Survey", "audiences": [ "Students" ], "topics": [ "Student AI", "AI literacy" ], "published": "2026-03-17", "fieldwork": "December 2025; selected comparisons with February and May 2025", "population": "1,214 youth ages 12–29; includes middle school, high school and college", "method": "RAND American Youth Panel; the report provides grade-specific results and methods.", "funding": "Gates Foundation-funded research.", "findings": [ { "value": "67%", "label": "Agree greater AI schoolwork use could harm critical thinking" } ], "questionNote": "Agreement with a belief statement about AI and thinking. The overall result includes college students; use grade-specific tables for K–12 analysis.", "limitation": "Not a K–12-only estimate and not a measured learning effect. Do not attach this percentage to all schoolchildren.", "source": "https://www.rand.org/pubs/research_reports/RRA4742-1.html", "methodSource": "https://www.rand.org/pubs/research_reports/RRA4742-1.html", "policyUse": "Discuss when AI supports thinking and when it replaces students’ work.", "checked": "2026-10-05" }, { "id": "gallup-cs-2020", "title": "Historical baseline: views of computer-science learning", "publisher": "Gallup / Google", "kind": "Survey", "audiences": [ "Parents", "Students", "Teachers", "Administrators" ], "topics": [ "Computer science" ], "published": "2020-09-29", "fieldwork": "Late January–early March 2020", "population": "2,092 parents, 1,402 grade 7–12 students, 979 teachers, 1,521 principals and 1,479 superintendents", "method": "Online Gallup Panel samples for families and teachers; a sample provider for school leaders. Methods and weighting are in the report.", "funding": "Google-supported Gallup research.", "findings": [ { "value": "69% / 40%", "label": "Parents / students rating CS learning important or very important" } ], "questionNote": "Respondents were given a definition of CS that distinguishes computing concepts and programming from routine device use.", "limitation": "Historical, pre-pandemic evidence—not current 2026 sentiment. Different respondent groups and recruitment routes need care.", "source": "https://news.gallup.com/opinion/gallup/320354/parents-think-computer-science-education-important.aspx", "methodSource": "https://services.google.com/fh/files/misc/computer-science-education-in-us-k12schools-2020-report.pdf", "policyUse": "Ask whether learners see the same purpose in CS that adults do.", "checked": "2026-10-05" }, { "id": "commonsense-dcit-2024", "title": "How educators implement digital-citizenship lessons", "publisher": "Common Sense Media", "kind": "Provider implementation report", "audiences": [ "Teachers", "Administrators" ], "topics": [ "Digital citizenship", "Digital literacy", "Media literacy", "Online safety" ], "published": "2024-06", "fieldwork": "May 2023 implementation survey; report also combines other evidence", "population": "Implementation analysis of 1,749 experienced curriculum users within 2,097 educator respondents", "method": "Survey of registered educators, conducted with University of New Hampshire researchers. Selected curriculum users, not a representative national teacher sample.", "funding": "Report published by the curriculum provider.", "findings": [ { "value": "49%", "label": "Of sampled implementers report covering all six curriculum topic areas" } ], "questionNote": "Implementation section, pages 10–12: educator-reported lesson coverage. Do not combine with the separate quiz or annual-survey samples.", "limitation": "Provider research and self-selected users. This statistic measures reported coverage, not causal effectiveness or national teaching prevalence.", "source": "https://www.commonsensemedia.org/sites/default/files/featured-content/files/digital-citizenship-curriculum-impact-report_june-2024.pdf", "methodSource": "https://www.commonsensemedia.org/sites/default/files/featured-content/files/digital-citizenship-curriculum-impact-report_june-2024.pdf", "policyUse": "Check whether a curriculum listing translates into a complete learning sequence.", "checked": "2026-10-05" } ]