More than half of Americans favor remote learning to protect students and teachers’ “health and safety” as COVID surges, according to a new Harris Poll conducted for Axios.

The findings, consistent among all racial and ethnic groups Axios said, came as students, teachers, and parents in New York City and Chicago protested in-person learning.

Of the 2,093 Americans surveyed over the weekend of Jan. 7-9, 56 percent said avoiding COVID exposure was more important than keeping schools open.

Here are the poll’s key findings:

  • Parents are even more likely to support distance learning amid the surge
  • Republicans more hesitant to close schools 
  • Findings also exposed generational and income divides

Read the full article about remote learning by Marianna McMurdock at The 74.