Parents across Canada are increasingly choosing independent schools over government schools for their children, according to a new study by the Fraser Institute. Released on April 26, the study says the share of K-12 students enrolled at independent schools across the country increased in every province over a 19-year span, while the share of those…

Over a million children left public schools in 2020, a migration that came on the heels of school lockdowns and masking requirements, and was hastened by increased parental dissatisfaction with K-12 education. Enrollment in U.S. public schools declined by 1.4 million students between fall 2019 and fall 2020, dipping to 49.4 million, a loss of…

Enrollment in U.S. public schools saw a one-year drop of 1.4 million in the fall of 2020, hitting a 10-year low of 49.4 million students. The sudden decline followed annual growth averaging 3 percent for more than a decade. Although enrollment rebounded slightly in 2021, it remains at its lowest level since 2010 prompting some…

Bed Bath & Beyond is warning it’s considering bankruptcy. Why is it running out of cash? Amazon is planning to lay off thousands more workers. Which units will be affected? Public schools lost over 1 million students during the pandemic. The drop coincides with a wave of school closures. At a tech show in Las Vegas,…

Commentary The new academic year hasn’t even begun and public school enrollment is already not looking good in some parts of the country. Seattle Public School fall enrollment is projected to be down to its lowest rate in a decade, declining even further from last year’s significant drop. Similarly, the New York City public schools…

Public school enrollment in 2020–2021 fell by 3 percent nationally compared to a year earlier, according to preliminary data from the U.S. Department of Education’s National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), with pre-K and kindergarten jointly seeing a sharp 13-percent drop. The stark numbers represent the biggest year-over-year decline in enrollment since the start of the…

Public school enrollment in 2020–2021 fell by 3 percent nationally compared to a year earlier, according to preliminary data from the U.S. Department of Education’s National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), with pre-K and kindergarten jointly seeing a sharp 13 percent drop. The stark numbers represent the largest year-over-year decline in enrollment since the start of…