{"id":564885,"date":"2020-11-17T11:01:00","date_gmt":"2020-11-17T16:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.the74million.org\/?post_type=article&p=564885"},"modified":"2020-11-17T12:57:41","modified_gmt":"2020-11-17T17:57:41","slug":"new-poll-finds-parents-want-better-distance-learning-now-online-options-even-after-covid-more-family-engagement","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"https:\/\/www.the74million.org\/article\/new-poll-finds-parents-want-better-distance-learning-now-online-options-even-after-covid-more-family-engagement\/","title":{"rendered":"New Poll Finds Parents Want Better Distance Learning Now, Online Options Even After COVID, More Family Engagement"},"content":{"rendered":"

W<\/span>hile many school leaders focus on bringing students back into in-person classrooms as they were, a majority of parents want them to develop new and better ways of teaching, prioritize high-quality distance learning now and continue to offer virtual instruction even after COVID-19 recedes, a new poll finds.<\/p>\n

The survey, commissioned by the National Parents Union<\/a>, also finds broad approval among parents for their own schools \u2014 but high numbers reporting that their children are receiving less learning than usual. Low-income parents and those whose children have disabilities are particularly likely to say their kids are losing ground.<\/p>\n

Echelon Insights canvassed 1,000 parents of school-aged children from Oct. 19 to 27 on behalf of the parent union, which is conducting frequent polls to assess families\u2019 experiences with education during the pandemic<\/a>. The October survey included questions on attitudes about broader policy issues.<\/p>\n

Nearly two-thirds of parents surveyed in the most recent poll want schools to focus on new ways to teach children moving forward as a result of COVID-19, while 32 percent say they want schools to try to get back as quickly as possible to how things were pre-pandemic.<\/p>\n

Fifty-eight percent want schools to continue to provide online options for students after the pandemic has ended and a vaccine is widely available, while 34 percent of white parents, 37 percent of Black parents, 35 percent of Hispanic parents and 45 percent of Asian parents say their children are learning less than they usually would.<\/p>\n

Four in 10 parents earning less than $50,000 a year and 44 percent of those whose children have a disability say their children are learning less.<\/p>\n