Almost half of school districts in Michigan are only offering remote learning, more than 9 months into the pandemic. | Stock Photo at Getty Images
Almost half of school districts in Michigan are only offering remote learning, more than 9 months into the pandemic. | Stock Photo at Getty Images
Not one of Michigan’s ten largest public school districts is currently offering in-person classes, according to Michigan Capitol Confidential.
Each of the districts has restricted all grades and all students to online, remote learning. These ten districts registered 204,449 children in the 2019-20 school year, which accounts for 14.2% of all public schools in the state.
The Detroit Public Schools Community District offered in-person instruction from Sept. 8 through Nov. 16. However, the district later suspended in-person instruction due to the elevation in the number of COVID-19 cases in the area.
According to the Education Policy Innovation Collaborative, in December, there were 398 (48%) Michigan school districts in the state where no schools were open for in-person instruction; students' only option was online instruction.
There are currently only 11 (1%) districts in Michigan where in-person teaching in all subjects is available. The remaining 51% of school districts are operating on a combination of online instruction and in-person teaching, which is typically called the "hybrid" model.
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