New survey on COVID and schools
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Welcome to the latest installment of our research newsletter. This week, Brianna is back to share exclusive data on how Covid-19 has impacted parents and their children’s education. Read on to learn more! But first, we wanted to shout out some of our research data in the news and on our blog:
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Vast majority of parents say Covid-19 negatively impacted their children’s education
The overwhelming majority of parents with children ages 5-17 (80%) say the Covid-19 pandemic has negatively impacted their children’s education. A third (34%) say the pandemic has had a “major” negative impact. Just 13% say the pandemic hasn’t had an impact and hardly any (6%) say the pandemic has had a positive impact.
Differences across parents’ income and race and their children’s age are relatively small, yet changes by political party are more pronounced.
41% of Republican parents said the pandemic had a “major” negative impact on their child’s education vs. just 27% of Democrats and 36% of independents
Child care is a top concern, especially for parents with young children
Over half of parents (55%) say it would be difficult for them to find last-minute child care if school was closed, including a full third (34%) who say it would be “very difficult” while 43% say it would be easy.
64% of parents with children under age five say it would be difficult to find last-minute child care, compared with 59% of parents with a child age 5-11, and 51% of parents with a child age 12-17.
62% of parents with household incomes under $50,000 say it would be difficult to find last-minute childcare vs. 45% of parents with household incomes above $100,000 and 55% of parents with household incomes between $50,000 and $100,000
60% of Black parents say finding child care would be difficult vs. 54% of Hispanic parents, 53% of white parents and 56% of parents of other races
Parents who distrust their children’s school leaders more willing to pull their children out of school
Only just more than half (55%) of parents with children age 5-17 say they trust their children's school and district leaders to make the right decisions about COVID-19 precautions.
Distrust is highest among parents who say their children’s education faced a “major” negative impact due to the pandemic (59%) compared with parents whose children experienced a “minor” negative impact (36%) and no impact at all (39%).
56% of Republican parents distrust school and district leaders vs. 30% of Democrats and 44% of independents
Black parents are slightly more likely to trust school and district leaders (60%) compared with Hispanic (52%) and white parents (53%).
58% of mothers trust school and district leaders vs. 51% of fathers
64% of younger parents (age 18-34) trust school and district leaders vs. 52% of middle-age parents (35-64)
Parents who distrust their children’s school and district leaders to make the right decisions about Covid-19 precautions are less willing to do almost any activity for their child’s educational experience - except for two: pulling their children out of school (40%) and lobbying local officials (26%).
Only a quarter (26%) of parents overall would be willing to pull their children out of school altogether; even fewer (20%) would lobby local officials.
Most parents (43%) say they’d be willing to donate funds/supplies for their child’s educational experience. One in four (39%) would advocate for higher pay for local teachers and 37% would join a Parent-Teacher Association.
53% of parents in high-income households (those earning $100,00+) say they’d donate funds/supplies vs. 39% of low-income (those earning less than $50,000) and 44% of middle-income households (those earning between $50,000 and $100,000)
White parents are slightly more willing to pull their children out of school (30%) vs. Black (20%) Hispanic parents (19%) and parents of other races (22%)
Democrat parents are far more likely to advocate for higher pay for local teachers (52%) than Republicans (31%) and independents (35%)
Over a third of parents (36%) who say their children’s education faced a “major” negative impact due to the pandemic would be willing to pull their children out of school, while just 20% of parents whose children’s education faced a “minor” negative impact say the same.
These parents are far less likely than parents whose children’s education faced a “minor” negative impact to donate funds/supplies (37% vs. 51%) or advocate for higher teacher salaries (36% vs. 43%).
- Brianna Richardson
That’s all for this week! Thanks for reading.