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Many U.S. students begin their early years in school feeling safe, but that feeling subsides as they progress through school.

As news of the tragic mass shooting Friday at a Connecticut grade school unfolds, experts, leaders, and the media will be taking a hard look at issues of school safety and gun control.

The new Gallup and Walton Family Foundation-State of American Youth Survey sheds light on how students in grades 5-12 would evaluate different aspects of their schools.

As the new school year starts, 33% of U.S. parents of school-aged children say they fear for their child's physical safety at school, unchanged from the days right after December's Newtown, Conn., massacre, but up from 25% last August.

Most U.S. teachers are opposed to arming school teachers and staff as a way to prevent casualties in school shootings. Nearly one in five teachers would choose to carry a gun at school.

In the U.S., 28% of parents of school-aged children express concern for their child's physical safety at school, while 13% say their children have expressed fear about feeling unsafe at school.

Look back at public opinion in the aftermath of the Newtown, Connecticut, school shootings in 2012 and the evolution of Americans' views of gun control since then.

Discover findings from a 2018 survey of U.S. K-12 superintendents on important topics and policy issues facing education.

Workers in K-12 education have higher levels of burnout than in any other industry. Addressing the issue is key to improving the quality of education.

Seventy-one percent of students think their education is worth the cost. Views are similar by institution, with private not-for-profit schools slightly ahead.