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Kim Perales

The unequal effects of closings, : primary reason.

As more families opt for charter & prv. schools or homeschooling, cities are shuttering schools. The effects fall hardest on majority-Black schools & special-needs students.

Public school enrollment⬇️a M students -attributed to the drop to families switching to prv. schools -aided by an expansion of voucher programs in many red & purple states +homeschooling & ~50K students: unaccounted for. propublica.org/article/school-

ProPublicaThe Unequal Effects of School ClosingsAs more families opt for charter and private schools or homeschooling in the wake of the pandemic, cities around the country are shuttering schools. The effects fall hardest on majority-Black schools and special-needs students.
Aug 26, 2024, 02:13 PM·Public·Web
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@KimPerales ideally, they would take the same amount of funding and and teachers and just serve fewer kids in smaller classrooms. With vouchers we can't do that, though.

I homeschool my young kid that I'm a huge supporter of public education, and I'm glad I pay taxes to support it.

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