SCIUTTO: Welcome back. There are more than 13,000 school districts across this country. All of them have to make a tough decision now whether to go pack to in- person classes or to teach students solely online.</s>HARLOW: What is in store for the more than 50 million children who attend public schools across this country? Our Bianna Golodryga has a breakdown. Good morning. You've been for months now at the impact on education of coronavirus. What do you know about the 101 largest school districts in this country?</s>BIANNA GOLODRYGA, CNN SENIOR GLOBAL AFFAIRS ANALYST: Well, Poppy. I wish I could give you more clarity as to where we stand in the country, but of the 101, 62 are now going to be starting online. Now, that's 7 million U.S. students. Ten are going to be starting with the hybrid model, 17 are going to be starting with either all online or in person, and five have yet to finalize a plan. Now, take a bigger picture here of the nation's 25 larger school districts. All but five have announced that they're going to be starting remotely. We're, of course, waiting to see what happens in New York City, whether it's going to be a few days in class, in hybrid and online at home. We have yet to see. But this is a huge dilemma for so many parents. As you know, you're not going to restart the economy without the schools reopened.</s>SCIUTTO: Yes. And then you have differences in many of those districts between what public schools are doing, what independent religious schools are. Tell us about what we've learned so far from the handful of schools and districts that have already opened. What are they seeing?</s>GOLODRYGA: Look, it doesn't look good. We've talked about it. Look at what's happened in Georgia. Look at what's happened in Indiana. We've had cases in North Carolina as well. Now, experts I've talked to said that even in a best case scenario. END
Nearly 7 Million U.S. Students Starting School Year Online.