Pandemic Parent Survey Finds Perverse Pattern: Students Are More Likely to Be Attending School in Person Where COVID Is Spreading More Rapidly: Majority of Students Receiving Fully Remote Instruction; Private-School Students More Likely to Be in Person Full Time

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Autor/inn/en	Henderson, Michael B.; Peterson, Paul E.; West, Martin R.
Titel	Pandemic Parent Survey Finds Perverse Pattern: Students Are More Likely to Be Attending School in Person Where COVID Is Spreading More Rapidly: Majority of Students Receiving Fully Remote Instruction; Private-School Students More Likely to Be in Person Full Time
Quelle	In: Education Next, 21 (2021) 2, S.34-49 (16 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1539-9664
Schlagwörter	COVID-19; Pandemics; In Person Learning; Elementary Secondary Education; Parent Attitudes; Public Schools; Private Schools; Charter Schools; School Policy; Distance Education; Educational Technology; Blended Learning; Program Effectiveness; Institutional Characteristics; Incidence; Correlation; Racial Differences; Ethnicity; Socioeconomic Status; Political Affiliation; Disease Control; Academic Achievement; Social Life; Well Being; Physical Fitness + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Elternverhalten; Public school; Öffentliche Schule; Private school; Privatschule; Charter school; Charter-Schule; Schulpolitik; Distance study; Distance learning; Fernunterricht; Unterrichtsmedien; Vorkommen; Korrelation; Rassenunterschied; Ethnizität; Socio-economic status; Sozioökonomischer Status; Politisches Interesse; Schulleistung; Soziales Leben; Well-being; Wellness; Wohlbefinden; Leistungsfähigkeit
Abstract	President Joe Biden has made reopening a majority of K-8 schools for in-person instruction a priority for his administration's first 100 days, with the goal of getting more American students safely back into the classroom. Yet neither information gathered so far by researchers, nor data reported by the federal government and the states, can say where the nation stands with respect to that goal. Nearly halfway through the 2020-21 school year, it is unknown how American schools have adapted amid the pandemic--and what American families are experiencing as a result. In November and December 2020, the authors surveyed a nationally representative sample of 2,155 American parents with children in kindergarten through 12th grade, including oversamples of parents who identify as Hispanic and parents who identify as Black. They also oversampled parents with children in private and charter schools, making it possible to compare their experiences with those making use of the traditional district sector. Each parent surveyed answered questions about the schooling experiences of each of their children in kindergarten through 12th grade, including 3,762 children in total. They also asked them a set of questions about schools and school policies in the United States in order to see if those experiences have altered parents' views (see sidebar Gauging the Pandemic's Effects on Parental Opinion). The data reveals that more than half of U.S. students are receiving instruction entirely remotely this school year, while 28% of students receive instruction that is fully in person. Of the 19% of students in hybrid models, in-person instruction varies from one to five days a week. The parents of most students remain broadly satisfied with the instruction and activities available from their children's schools, yet the parents of 60% of students report that their child is learning less than would be the case absent the pandemic. Satisfaction levels are highest--and reports of learning loss least common--for students attending school in person. The hybrid model appears to offer no advantage over fully remote instruction. The authors document large differences across sectors in the frequency of in-person instruction. Well over half of students enrolled in district and charter schools receive all their instruction fully remotely, while less than one quarter receive all of their instruction in person. The percentages are nearly reversed for children attending private schools: 60% receive instruction in person and just 18% receive their instruction remotely. They also provide the first evidence on the relationship between in-person instruction and the incidence of COVID. The availability and usage of in-person instruction is unrelated to COVID incidence at the start of the 2020-2021 school year, when most districts made their reopening plans. By November, however, students were most likely to be attending school fully in person in counties where the virus was spreading most rapidly. (ERIC).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01