- School-age children in nearly 90% of households are engaged in educational activities provided by their school.
- Almost 80% of households are satisfied with school communication.
Most parents give a high grade to their child’s online education, but some are concerned their kids won’t be well prepared for the next school year. These findings come from a national tracking survey measuring the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on the lives of Americans.
Nearly 80% of parents are satisfied with communication from their schools, and nearly 90% of parents of school-age children say at least one child is engaging in educational activities provided by their schools.
But parents in one-quarter of all households show concern that their child won’t be prepared for the next school year. Latino parents appear most concerned, with more than 35% worrying about their children’s preparation for school in the fall.
USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences’ “Understanding Coronavirus in America” study also reveals a stark gender divide for childcare responsibilities, a large digital divide based on household income, and other inequalities that could worsen over time.
The study, led by the USC Dornsife Center for Economic and Social Research (CESR), is supported by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and USC.
For this study, scientists have been surveying a panel of close to 6,000 adult U.S. residents since mid-March about COVID-19 and how it has been impacting their lives. The researchers added education-related questions to the survey on April 1 and analyzed data collected through April 15 from more than 1,450 households with children in daycare or preschool through 12th grade.
Everyone who was surveyed is a participant in the Understanding America Study, which has been tracking the same participants since 2014.
Researchers and the public can access data from the study, which is updated daily, at covid19pulse.usc.edu.
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