Crisis looms for 50 million parents as US states decide how to handle the school year

Crisis looms for 50 million parents as US states decide how to handle the school year

American parents stand to lose even more productivity—and their minds—as more school districts like Los Angeles limit how many students will return to the classroom for the upcoming school year. People living with children under the age of 14 were 32% of the US workforce in 2018, according to an analysis of US Census data by the Becker Friedman Institute at the University of Chicago.