This is the Cato Daily Podcast for Monday, August 10th, 2020.

I'm Caleb Brown.

As private schools and some local health authorities clash over when and how to reopen schools, how much of that

restriction is driven by health concerns, and how much might be driven by an attempt to

deny private institutions a competitive advantage.

Cato's Neil McCluskey discusses the politics of school reopening as the coronavirus

spreads in the United States.

A new Gallup poll points to pretty sharp, clear, and large distinctions about what parents want for their children come fall.

Tell us about that and what your takeaway is.

So this poll, which was conducted sort of mid-July,

was asking parents, what would they feel comfortable

with in terms of how education was delivered

to their kids?

And what's interesting is it came to almost the one third,

one third, one third breakdown.

About one third said they would feel comfortable with

and prefer that their kids got in-person education,

so actually in a physical school.

About one-third said they would be most comfortable

with a hybrid, which would be maybe two days

in the school and then the rest of their education delivered online.

And then about a third said they would feel comfortable only with distance education.

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