their experiences with remote learning at the end of the 2019-2020 school year. At that time, 56% said their children's distance learning was difficult for them, while 44% said it was easy.Parents' preferences for 2020-2021 schooling at that time were also largely shaped by their concern about their children getting the coronavirus.
Now, more parents are concerned about their children getting the coronavirus, with 64% worried (up from 46%), including 27% who are "very worried" (up from 12%).
Parents who are not concerned about their children contracting the virus still widely favor in-person school, with 74% doing so, little changed from 79% at the end of the past school year.But almost as many parents who are concerned now favor full-time.