Starting a new school year is already stressful, but thousands of U.S. students faced the extra challenge of moving to entirely new schools after their previous ones closed. The report links this wave of closures to a long‑term decline in birth rates and tightening state and federal education funding. It examines how these demographic and financial trends are reshaping the school landscape across the country.
The start of a new school year can be nerve-racking under any circumstances. But for thousands of students across the U.S., this academic year brought the added difficulty of adjusting to an entirely new school after their previous ones shuttered. As U.S. birth rates continue a multi-decade slide and state and federal education funding dries […] The post Takeaways from our report on school closures in the US appeared first on The Hechinger Report.
