Colorado Sees Big Drop in Public School Enrollment as More Parents Choose Homeschooling
“the steepest drop in enrollment since the coronavirus pandemic”
Public schools are simply not producing the results they once did. How can you blame parents for this?
FOX News reports:
Colorado public school enrollment drops by 10,000 while homeschooling increases statewide
More Colorado parents are opting for homeschooling, pulling their children from public schools, state data shows.
The Colorado Department of Education on Tuesday released state data based on fall’s student count. The state reported a 1.2% drop in enrollment compared to last fall, with a total of 870,793 pre-K-12th grade students enrolled.
Colorado Education Commissioner Susana Córdova attributed the enrollment drop to several factors, including a decline in the school-aged population.
“Colorado continues to experience enrollment trends shaped by a declining school-aged population, increasing racial and ethnic diversity, and shifts toward part-time and online learning. These changes require thoughtful adaptation, and our schools are working diligently to continue serving students effectively across the state,” Córdova announced in the press release.
While enrollment decreased in public schools, students being homeschooled and enrolling in online educational programs rose.
The state reported that full-time home-school students increased by 5.5% from last year. Children registered in online educational programs and online schools increased by 2.9% since last year.
Colorado’s drop of 10,000 students this year is the steepest drop in enrollment since the coronavirus pandemic when enrollment dropped by 30,000 students.
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Continuing evidence of the abject failure of government “education”…
The nation is doing everything we knew it would, only a hell of a lot slower than it ought to, The capitalist solution of “patronize the competition” is distressingly non-agile.
just b/c a guy works at ford doesnt mean he shouldnt buy a better product elsewhere
if he is buying for some sort of sympathetic reason,,that I wouldnt understand
lefty will continue to win b/c the gop continues to fund,,even when they have the opportunity to stop the funding
that as we know isnt capitalism but socialism
An ironic choice of analogy.
EVERYBODY who works at Ford buys a Ford.
My first employer won a profitable contract to install a system at Ford HQ. The onsite tech support guy assigned for that system shows up the first day driving a Datsun. It stands out in the parking lot like Jar Jar at an Ewok dance. Word travels from high up in Ford to high up above my bosses: send us a tech rep who drives a Ford. Had to rent a “company car” for the guy and charge it to the contract.
and the property tax assessments will rise to meet the need of the lefties
and once the dems take back the congress and/or potus
the funding ,,which is still flowing money to them,,,will increase immensely
Homeschooling is good
I feel sorry for the kids that are left behind in the government schools.