But the pandemic has also exposed the distance between what parents want, and what schools are delivering. School-level data was collected directly from 33 state education departments. Neighborhood income levels came from NCES’ EDGE School Neighborhood Poverty Estimates, which uses census data to estimate the poverty level of each school’s surrounding neighborhood. The Times also examined high-poverty schools using statistics on students receiving free and reduced price lunch, which showed similar trends. Data on which school districts operated in-person, hybrid and remote as of October was provided by Burbio.

Source: New York Times August 07, 2021 09:01 UTC