What's going on with America's public schools? Enrollment drops and chronic absenteeism tell a dramatic tale
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Well past COVID, America's public schools are experiencing lower enrollments and chronic absenteeism — what's going on? Bill Bennett, former education secretary, reveals data and insights.
There were declines before COVID, a radical decline during COVID — and now, after COVID, a continuing decline. Between the fall of 2010 and the fall of 2021, public charter school enrollment more than doubled. Kids very much need to be part of something in which they feel they are valued members. William J. Bennett is the former secretary of education and director of the National Office of Drug Control Policy.
The reasons for what's going on are complicated — and critical to understand.
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