Parental Anxieties over Student Learning Dissipate as Schools Relax Anti-COVID Measures
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| Title: | Parental Anxieties over Student Learning Dissipate as Schools Relax Anti-COVID Measures |
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| Language: | English |
| Authors: | Houston, David M., Peterson, Paul E., West, Martin R. |
| Source: | Education Next. Win 2023 23(1):20-27. |
| Availability: | Education Next Institute, Inc. Harvard Kennedy School, Taubman 310, 79 JFK Street, Cambridge, MA 02138; Fax: 617-496–4428; e-mail: Education_Next@hks.harvard.edu; Web site: https://www.educationnext.org/the-journal/ |
| Peer Reviewed: | Y |
| Page Count: | 8 |
| Publication Date: | 2023 |
| Document Type: | Journal Articles Reports - Research |
| Descriptors: | Parents, Anxiety, Students, Academic Achievement, COVID-19, Pandemics, Emergency Programs, School Closing, Disease Control, Hygiene, Health Behavior, School Safety, Parent Attitudes, Critical Race Theory, Educational Policy, Educational Practices, Politics, Declining Enrollment |
| ISSN: | 1539-9664 1539-9672 |
| Abstract: | Activists fed up with school closures, masking policies, and curricular choices interrupted school-board meetings around the nation. The parental protests, together with school responses to the COVID pandemic, acquired a partisan edge. Republican and Democratic governors regularly disagreed about the necessity of mask wearing, social distancing, and vaccinations for the young. The districts that kept school doors closed longest were usually located in Democratic-leaning places the media labels blue. How have American parents at large responded to these conflicts? Have measures designed to slow the COVID pandemic antagonized them? Have progressive attempts to introduce concepts rooted in Critical Race Theory into school curricula weakened parental attachments to district schools? Are more parents fleeing to alternative forms of schooling? Have education policy and practice become more partisan? The authors asked about these matters in the Education Next survey administered online to a nationally representative sample of parents of school-age children in May 2022. |
| Abstractor: | ERIC |
| Entry Date: | 2023 |
| Access URL: | https://www.educationnext.org/parental-anxieties-over-student-learning-dissipate-as-schools-relax-anti-covid-measures-2022-education-next-survey-public-opinion/ |
| Accession Number: | EJ1379631 |
| Database: | ERIC |
| Abstract: | Activists fed up with school closures, masking policies, and curricular choices interrupted school-board meetings around the nation. The parental protests, together with school responses to the COVID pandemic, acquired a partisan edge. Republican and Democratic governors regularly disagreed about the necessity of mask wearing, social distancing, and vaccinations for the young. The districts that kept school doors closed longest were usually located in Democratic-leaning places the media labels blue. How have American parents at large responded to these conflicts? Have measures designed to slow the COVID pandemic antagonized them? Have progressive attempts to introduce concepts rooted in Critical Race Theory into school curricula weakened parental attachments to district schools? Are more parents fleeing to alternative forms of schooling? Have education policy and practice become more partisan? The authors asked about these matters in the Education Next survey administered online to a nationally representative sample of parents of school-age children in May 2022. |
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| ISSN: | 1539-9664 1539-9672 |
