Nearly two-thirds of top districts will offer students the option to learn in stand-alone, remote academies next school year, according to a recent tally from Burbio, a website that tracks school calendars and reopenings.
Of the 200 largest U.S. school systems, 128 will hold virtual programs this fall, while 60 – such as those in New York City, Newark and Chicago – will offer no fully remote options, save for medical exceptions for immunocompromised students. Another 12 have yet to announce their plans.
The update comes as the highly transmissible Delta variant now accounts for the majority of U.S. COVID cases, casting uncertainty on an upcoming school year that, just weeks ago, many observers had hoped would mark a return to near-normal – and spurring many parents to revise their expectations for the fall.
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