Fewer Asian students attending in-person learning at Sacramento City Unified

Just one in three Asian families are sending their children back for in-person schooling at Sacramento City Unified as the district begins to reopen, the lowest rate of any ethnic group, according to the Sacramento Bee.

Out of nearly 33,000 students whose families responded to a district survey, about half of the students would return to in-person schooling, the Bee reported. While only a third of Asian students would return, according to the families, 71% of white students, 55% of Black students and 52% of Latino students would return.

The lower rates of Asian students returning reflects a nationwide trend and comes amid a sharp rise in attacks and discrimination against Asian Americans across the country, the Bee noted.