Schooling amidst a pandemic in the United States: Parents' perceptions about reopening schools and anticipated challenges during COVID-19.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

During the COVID-19 pandemic, numerous states in the United States instituted measures to close schools or shift them to virtual platforms. Understanding parents' preferences for sending their children back to school, and their experiences with distance learning is critical for informing school reopening guidelines. This study characterizes parents' plans to return their children to school, and examines the challenges associated with school closures during the 2020-2021 academic year.

Methods

A national-level cross-sectional online survey was conducted in September 2020. Focusing on a subset of 510 respondents, who were parents of school-aged children, we examined variations in parents' plans for their children to return to school by their demographic and family

SUBMITTER: Meghani A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9365177 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature