According to the Alliance to Reclaim Our Schools, “Sixty-fight percent of parents – including eighty-two percent of Black parents and 77 percent of teachers say that protecting the health of students and staff should be the primary factor in weighing whether, how and when schools should open their doors, according to a survey conducted by Hart Research Associates.”
Just 21 percent of parents and 14 percent of teachers say schools should reopen on a normal in-person basis, as demanded by President Donald Trump and Education Secretary Betsy Devos. The public, by a substantial majority reject the administration’s plan to strip federal aid from schools that don’t comply.