How Teens Navigate School During COVID-19
A majority of teens prefer in-person over virtual or hybrid learning. Hispanic and lower-income teens are particularly likely to fear they’ve fallen behind in school due to COVID-19 disruptions.
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A majority of teens prefer in-person over virtual or hybrid learning. Hispanic and lower-income teens are particularly likely to fear they’ve fallen behind in school due to COVID-19 disruptions.
Roughly a quarter of American adults (23%) say they haven’t read a book in whole or in part in the past year.
Here is what our surveys found about the students most likely to lack the home internet connectivity needed to finish schoolwork.
Nine-in-ten Americans say the internet has been essential or important to them, many made video calls and 40% used technology in new ways. But while tech was a lifeline for some, others faced struggles.
Some of Americans’ pandemic adaptations have relied on technology, including adults working from home and students learning online.
38% of parents with children whose K-12 schools closed in the spring said that their child was likely to face digital obstacles in schoolwork.
As schools close and classes and assignments shift online, some students do not have reliable access to the internet at home.
Americans with lower incomes are particularly likely to have concerns related to the digital divide and the digital “homework gap.”
Classes have ended for the summer at U.S. public schools, but a sizable share of teachers are still hard at work at second jobs outside the classroom.
English language learners in U.S. K-12 public schools are a diverse group from many different states and native language backgrounds.
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