This fall may be the biggest moment of truth for public education since the 1970s, as, for example, a Brooklyn elementary loses one-third of its student population and eight teachers, as the first 2021–22 enrollment numbers straggle in.
A reading of "Families are Fleeing Government-Run Schools," by Matt Welch, first published in Reason on Aug. 27.
Related Reason reading from April: “Kindergartners Abandoning Public School in Fall 2021, Too.”
Related Paloma Media listening and viewing: “Journo-Bashing in Portland and Bad COVID Data.”