Philly parents deeply divided on school reopening
WHYY By Students are socially distanced while attending class virtually at Vogt Access Center. (Emily Rizzo for WHYY) Philadelphia’s public school system is headed toward a third attempt at offering in-person school during the pandemic. Whether it succeeds will depend partly on the cooperation of parents, who appear deeply divided on the issue. A WHYY review of survey data from November shows that families — when given a choice between in-person learning and hybrid learning — were fairly split on the topic. When looking at school-by-school breakdowns, few patterns emerged. Families atte...