More Than a Million Students Fled Public School During Pandemic, Report Finds

Public schools across the country have seen enrollment drop by more than a million students since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Wall Street Journal reported Thursday. "Declining birthrates, a rise in home schooling, and growing competition from private and charter schools" have caused a drop of 1.4 million students between fall 2019 and fall 2020, resulting in school closures nationwide, the Journal found. During the next school year, "enrollment failed to return to pre-pandemic levels and remained roughly flat."-- More...