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Families Are Fleeing Government-Run Schools

Post by Riddick » 08-29-2021 03:56 PM

Given the amount of time families have had to plan around government-run K-12 school-opening policies that are among the most cautious in the developed world, the $122 billion question facing this new school year is would they choose their neighborhood school, or seel alternative solutions with more predictable schedules that will keep classrooms reliably open?

An early bellwether suggests the mass opting-out will be no mere blip. Brooklyn elementary loses one-third of its student population and eight teachers as the first 2021–22 enrollments straggle in. If the NY example plays out nationwide—and keep in mind the COVID-marred 2020–21 K-12 decline of 3 percent happened absolutely everywhere, all while homeschooling tripled—then the impact on public education, local and state governance, and politics itself could be profound.

Why are families leaving? Teachers unions got their work-at-home carveouts, their school closures, their preferred party running the federal government, their vaccine fast-tracking, their fingerprints all over the "science," and their hundreds of billions in federal largesse, resulting in a product literally repellant to millions of parents, even at the cost of free. Their ranks will almost certainly thin.

Spending formulas tied to enrollment will see major declines; those that aren't will face political pressure from taxpayers rightly wondering why the bill is so high for a service fewer people want. All of which would be another reason to view 2020–21 to be the apex of teachers union power. This fall may be the biggest moment of truth for public education since the 1970s.

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Re: Families Are Fleeing Government-Run Schools

Post by Doka » 08-29-2021 08:11 PM

Why would any parent want their children "Radiclized", learn to burn buildings and kill people to get what they want. Or convinced they need a sex change in the 2nd grade?

Just a note the Oregon gov, announced it is no longer necessary, to be able to read and write to graduate Hi-School. Keep 'em stupid, causes THEM LESS TROUBLE.
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