According to the first-ever survey fielded to RAND’s new American Youth Panel (AYP), 49% of students in middle and high school grades reported losing interest in math about half or more of the time, and 75% of youths reported losing interest for at least some class time.

Building renewable energy plants to meet our energy needs is critical to transitioning away from fossil fuels and tackling global warming — but how do people who live near these plants feel about them? Reports of community opposition have been used against renewable energy. Scientists surveyed communities across the US living within three miles — about an hour’s walk — of solar energy and found that 82% of local residents would support or are neutral towards more solar energy plants in their local area.