Middle of the night thought: there's a lot of speculation as to *why* so many NYC parents chose remote for their kids instead of the crazy sometimes-school option. Assumption, with no data of course, is that people are afraid that going to school is dangerous.
I can only tell you anecdotally majority of ppl I know who chose remote did it because they A) got more actual academics w/remote. So if your kid goes to in-person school 1-2 days/wk and has remote art/music/gym rest of time vs 5 day remote school but with actual math/English/etc
Or B) found the part-time in-person schedule too hard to manage with childcare so simply found someone to oversee remote learning instead of someone to sometimes take the kid to school/pick them up, stay with them when schools inevitably closes, etc.
And a small smattering of C) afraid of COVID and not wanting any risk/live with an elderly person and need to consider their health.
So my middle of the night thought was: saying "this many NYC parents chose remote" and not asking why is silly but if we can't have that data then at least let's compare data to school districts where schools are open 5 days a week. How many parents choose remote then?
I'm not going to have time to look into this today but a side-by-side comparison of how many parents chose remote in, say, Miami or Dallas or Houston, which all have 5 day in-person school vs. NYC which has 1-2-3 days.
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