Poll: 20% of Teachers Unlikely to Return If Classrooms Open in Fall

Sanitary wipes sit on a shelf in a classroom waiting to be used next year at Freedom Preparatory Academy on May 18, 2020 in Provo, Utah. Freedom Academy an elementary school was closed on March 16, 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. (George Frey/Getty Images)

By    |   Tuesday, 26 May 2020 01:24 PM EDT ET

One in five teachers say they are unlikely to return to school if classrooms open again in the fall, a new USA Today/Ipsos poll reveals.

Here is how the poll of results break down:

  • 83% of say they are having a harder time doing their job.
  • 76% of say distance learning is causing students to fall behind.
  • 64% say students will eventually be able to make up any lost ground.
  • 25% of those 55 and older and with the most experience, say they probably wouldn’t return in the fall.

And a separate poll of parents found:

  • 60% of those with at least one child in grades K-12 say they would be likely to pursue at-home learning options instead of sending their kids back to school in the fall.
  • 71% say teachers are working harder now due to distance-learning. One poll surveyed 505 teachers. 

The polls were conducted May 18-21. One poll surveyed 505 teachers. The other surveyed 403 parents of a K-12 child. The teachers’ survey has a margin of error of 5 percentage points. The poll of parents has a margin of error of 5.6 percentage points

Jeffrey Rodack

Jeffrey Rodack, who has nearly a half century in news as a senior editor and city editor for national and local publications, has covered politics for Newsmax for nearly seven years.

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