Public school enrollment dropping

[Gary K]

In 4 school districts around the nation 17,000+ students have not returned to public schools, and in a 5th district a $25 million shortfall was created from the drop in enrollment. I would love to see the drop in enrollment numbers nation wide as home schooling is putting a hurt on the public school system.

As Public-school Enrollments Drop, So Do School Budgets

Public schools are opening across the country but, as The New American has reported, many students aren’t returning. And that, as the Associated Press noted, is causing many public schools major budgetary difficulties. In Houston, for example, 11,000 students haven’t returned, forcing the...

thenewamerican.com

 

[Poly]

Love it!
Get your kids out!

 

[ok doser]

Covid and online schooling gave parents a look at what actually went on in the classroom, and many didn't like it at all.

Headcounts are down at public schools. Now budgets are too.

Public school systems are beginning to feel the pinch from enrollment losses tied to the coronavirus pandemic.

apnews.com

 

[ok doser]

As students first came back to in-person learning, many dealt with mental health struggles and behavioral issues, Upper Darby Superintendent Daniel McGarry said. Officials saw a breakdown in students respecting the authority of teachers in the classroom.

“We had a lot of those things that we were facing and we’re still working our way through it; we’re in a much better place,” McGarry said. “I think our kids feel better. They’re not 100% better." But, he said, much of the social anxiety students felt after being in online school has dissipated.

During the pandemic, soaring numbers of high school students expressed persistent feelings of sadness or hopelessness, with girls and LGBTQ+ youth reporting the highest levels of poor mental health and suicide attempts. It doesn't help that research suggests middle and high school students aren't getting enough sleep.

“These mental health challenges are already going to happen and then, with the absence of sleep, are much worse,” said Orfeu Buxton, director of the Sleep, Health & Society Collaboratory at Penn State University. “The same with decision making, suicidal ideation, those kinds of things.”

To improve kids' mental health, some schools start later

The idea of later school start times, pushed by many over the years as a way to help adolescents get more sleep, is getting a new look as a way to address the mental health crisis affecting teens across the U.S. Nationally, at least nine states are con...

abcnews.go.com

 

[ok doser]

I'm so glad I'm not still in education. Covid shutdowns and distance learning have created a generation of children who are going to be struggling for the rest of their lives.

 

[Derf]

Officials saw a breakdown in students respecting the authority of teachers in the classroom.

It doesn't help that research suggests middle and high school students aren't getting enough sleep.

You can't disrespect a teacher while you're at home in bed. Unless you homeschool.