One in 5 US Teachers Plan to Quit if Classrooms Reopen in Autumn – Poll

WASHINGTON (Sputnik) – US public schools face mass resignations by teachers if authorities open shuttered classrooms this autumn, a USA Today/Ipsos poll revealed on Tuesday.

A parallel poll of parents with at least one child in school – kindergarten through grade 12 – finds that 6 in 10 say they would be likely to pursue at-home learning options such as homeschooling instead of sending back their children this autumn. Nearly a third of parents, 30 percent say they are “very likely” to do that, the newspaper reported.

The COVID-19 crisis prompted nearly every US school district to close classrooms and hastily adopt remote learning procedures such as online lessons.

Three-fourths of teachers (76 percent) said their students are falling behind in their classwork as a result of distance learning, a concern shared by nearly half (46 percent) of parents, according to the two polls.

Sourse: sputniknews.com