{"id":6237,"date":"2021-10-02T14:28:16","date_gmt":"2021-10-02T14:28:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lonecandle.com\/?p=6237"},"modified":"2021-10-02T14:28:16","modified_gmt":"2021-10-02T14:28:16","slug":"families-are-fleeing-government-run-schools","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lonecandle.com\/?p=6237","title":{"rendered":"Families Are Fleeing Government-Run Schools"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

\n\n“A joint Stanford Graduate School of Education\/New York Times<\/em>study<\/a> of 70,000 public schools in 33 states three weeks ago showed that those offering remote-only learning at the beginning of 2020\u201321 experienced a 3.7 percent decline, while those with in-person schooling went down 2.6 percent. “In other words,” Stanford education professor Thomas S. Dee told the university’s publicity department<\/a>, “going remote-only actually increased the enrollment decline by about 40 percent.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

New York City, despite being mistakenly<\/a> held up by Democrats and teachers unions as a model for school reopening, rattled parents’ nerves all 2020\u201321 with repeated school-year delays<\/a>, capricious shutdowns<\/a>, hybrid scheduling<\/a>, and hair-trigger building closures<\/a>. Meanwhile, private schools, and public schools as close by as Long Island<\/a>, remained open all year, without ever becoming “superspreaders<\/a>.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It makes intuitive sense that parents with means would seek both greater predictability and better educational outcomes for their kids, whether that means moving to a more reliable school district or shelling out the money for private options.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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“If the New York example plays out nationwide\u2014and keep in mind, the 2020\u201321 K-12 decline happened absolutely everywhere<\/em>\u2014then the impact on public education, local and state governance, and politics itself could be profound. About one out of every five state-government dollars is spent on primary and secondary education. 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. The trend toward tethering education spending to students rather than school buildings will continue shooting upward<\/a>.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Families Are Fleeing Government-Run Schools<\/a><\/blockquote>