Asian American families disproportionately keeping kids home as schools reopen: report

Asian American families around the country are disproportionately opting to keep their children home to participate in virtual learning as schools begin to reopen.

Schools across the country have recently began to open after transitioning to online learning when the pandemic hit the U.S. hard last March and continued spiking in different areas of the country in the past year. Many schools are giving families the option to have their children continue virtual learning or take part in in-person classes.

But according to The Washington Post, Asian American families are opting not to send their children back to school for in-person lessons.

In New York City, for example, Asian American students make up 18 percent of the classroom, but only 12 percent went back to in-person learning, The Washington Post reported.

Less than half of Asian families in Nashville, Tenn., opted to learn in the classroom, compared to two-thirds of their white peers.

Similarly, in Chicago, two-thirds of white children have opted for in-person learning compared to one-third of Asian American children. And in Fairfax, Va., 30 percent of Asian American families have chosen to send their children back to school, according to the Post.

According to the Post, similar patterns are also emerging in Minnesota, California and Pennsylvania.

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