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
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