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Births continued a historic slide in all but two states last year, making it clear that a brief post-pandemic uptick in the nation’s birth numbers was all about planned pregnancies

Having fewer births means lower state costs for services such as subsidized day care and public schools at a time when aging baby boomers are straining resources.

Only Tennessee and North Dakota had small increases in births from 2022 to 2023, according to a Stateline analysis of provisional federal data on births.

Births resumed a historic slide in all but two states last year, making it clear that pregnancies delayed by COVID-19 explain a brief uptick post pandemic.

This analysis explores factors behind families' decision to homeschool after the pandemic, given that public school enrollment losses are not fully explained by changes in population, charter school enrollment, or private school enrollment.

Some U.S. public school districts are considering closing due to enrollment declines that accelerated during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Fort Worth ISD could learn from other districts’ mistakes.

Kids have disappeared from public schools, with most opting for a range of alternatives.

(THE GATEWAY PUNDIT) – Thousands of schools in the United States are at risk of closure due to a severe drop in enrollment in recent years. The pandemic was one of the worst things to happen to public education in years and the teacher unions and Democrats made it even worse by repeatedly postponing the…

Researchers at the Brookings Institution warned that thousands of school districts risk closing due to drastic enrollment loss as parents seek other options and private schools.