The Quiet Kids Aren’t Disengaged. They’re in Freeze.
Less than half of middle and high school students, 48 percent, look forward to going to school every day or most days, according to a Gallup and Walton Family Foundation survey of more than 1,700 students this spring (Gallup & Walton Family Foundation, via Education Week, 2026). By late September, most of us have sorted […]














