THE SCHOOL BAROMETER COVID — 19: teaching and learning through the eyes of parents

Institute of Education of the National Research University
Higher School of Economics being part of the international project «School Barometer» carried out a study in Russia aiming at «measuring» the impact the pandemic had on the Russian school.
The study involved 70,219 people, the sample included students, parents, teachers, school principals and representatives of education authorities. The study was conducted using the School Barometer questionnaire. The article analyzes and demonstrates
the learning situation during the pandemic from the parents’ perspectives. The results of the study demonstrate that the transition to distant learning revealed the already existing problems of
the Russian school.

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