Board #1 - Educators or Elites? Exploring the Relationship Between Right-Wing Populism and Attitudes on American Public Schoolteachers

• In Event: 83-301 - Poster Session: Public Opinion and Surveys

Brief Overview

Attacks on public education related to culture-war issues have become commonplace. Using original data, I test whether these attacks are informed by right-wing populism, by virtue of some considering public school teachers as "societal elites."

Author

• Ishai Melamede, Grinnell College