SurveyUSA: Parents get 'B' for remote home learning

A survey by SurveyUSA says 87% of American parents who have school-aged children say their children's schools are providing some form of remote learning, and the vast majority of those parents give educators good marks for their efforts to do so.

Asked to assign a letter grade to local educators for their efforts to provide remote home learning, 38% of parents of K-12 students give their teachers and administrators an "A," 35% a "B," 19% a "C," and 5% a "D." Just 1% give a failing grade. Averaged together and computed as a Grade Point Average on a traditional 4.0-point scale, that's a 3.1 -- a "B."

When asked how they are allowing their children to physically interact with friends, 70% of parents of children under 18 said they weren't allowing any interaction at all; 14% said they were allowing children to do so only outside, and another 13% said they were allowing both outdoor and indoor play. Dads are twice as likely as moms to let kids get together inside, younger parents twice as likely as older parents. Parents in the western states are much less likely than parents elsewhere to allow their children to interact with friends indoors.

About: SurveyUSA interviewed 1,000 USA adults nationwide 04/06/20 through 04/07/20. Of them, 285 identified themselves as parents of school-aged children, and 350 identified themselves as parents of children under age 18. The research was conducted online. SurveyUSA continues to gather and release data on the Coronavirus' impact on America; as results are released, they are immediately posted to @SurveyUSA's twitter feed.