New survey shows near even split in how Boston students want to learn

BOSTON — Boston Public Schools start their year in two weeks. And more than seven out of 10 Boston students responded to the city’s late August survey.

The results are nearly evenly split between students wanting a hybrid learning model and a fully remote learning model.

Overall, 51% of responding students favored the hybrid or partially in-person model, while 49% chose fully remote learning.

Looking closer at the demographic breakdown, there are different preferences broken down by race and neighborhood.

For example, 73% of white students said they favored hybrid learning to 27% wanting remote. Responding students categorized as “multi-race or other” also preferred hybrid learning.

Responding students in the Asian, Black, Latinx, and Native American student populations all reported preferring remote learning to varying degrees.

When Boston Public Schools start the new school year on Sept. 21 all students will learn remotely.

The plan right now is to start phasing some students into a hybrid model as early as October.

Cox Media Group