Friday, September 24, 2021

Voting With Their Feet: Parents Taking Their Kids Out of Traditional Public Schools in Astounding Numbers

Voting With Their Feet: Parents Taking Their Kids Out of Traditional Public Schools in Astounding Numbers

"A new report from the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools shows...enrollment shifts between the 2019-2020 and 2020-2021 school years.

Their analysis shows that 1.45 million children left traditional public schools....

Charter school enrollment increased in all but three of the 39 states that allow them and provided data.

(National Alliance for Public Charter Schools)

According to the analysis:

  • Charter schools in the 42 states assessed gained nearly 240,000 students, a 7% increase.
  • Public schools, including district-run schools, lost more than 1.4 million students, a 3.3% loss year over year. There was a decrease in public school enrollment in every state...Read all.

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