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

Public Schools across the country have seen their enrollment drop by more that a million students since the COVID-19 pandemic. Wall Street Journal reported Thursday.

“Declining birthrates, a rise in home schooling, and growing competition from private and charter schools” Between fall 2019 and fall 2020, there was a drop in student enrollment of 1.4 Million. This has led to school closures across the country. Journal found. During The next school year “enrollment failed to return to pre-pandemic levels and remained roughly flat.”

The As many public schools take a sharp turn to teaching left wing politics, enrollment is dropping. Districts From Washington  Minnesota To Maine  Virginia Implemented “woke” Policies on transgenderism “antiracism.”

School closures, meanwhile, harmed students. In deep-blue CaliforniaFor example, students lost Six years of math and reading gains due to the lockdowns, especially hurting poor, black and minority students. Latino children.

EightyFive of the 100 largest districts in the country saw enrollment declines. Los Angeles, New York, Philadelphia, Forth Worth, TexasThere were declines of approximately 10 percent in this area.

By Charter schools, on the other hand, are more popular. Democrats Have you been there for a long time? opposed, saw a significant rise in enrollments from 2019-2021. Enrollment “fell slightly in the 2021-2022 school year,” The Journal Reports indicate that there are about 3.7 Million students.