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Thousands of Schools at Risk of Closing Due to Enrollment Loss

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There was once a school across the road from where I grew up, with another half a mile away. This is a rural area, and old county maps show a surprising number of schools that were gone by the time I was born. Two schools I attended no longer exist. The issue of disappearing schools is nothing new. People move, local population grows or declines.
 
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I see this as yet more proof of a developing subculture.
a developing subculture of?
Yes, it is a subculture of people being dissatisfied with school curriculums. Imho, if schools get back to reading, writing and arithmatics people would have more confidence in their curriculums.
 
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Part of the picture is probably this:

"The U.S. population in 2020 was older and had fewer children under age 5 than in 2010 or 2000, according to the 2020 Census Demographic and Housing Characteristics (DHC) data released today.

The baby boom generation (born 1946-1964) and millennials (born 1982-2000) — the two largest U.S. cohorts in 2020 — both continued to age over the past two decades. At the same time, smaller cohorts of children were born from 2010 to 2020."

Source: Age Profiles of Smaller Geographies Don’t Always Mirror the National Trend
 
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Yes, it is a subculture of people being dissatisfied with school curriculums. Imho, if schools get back to reading, writing and arithmatics people would have more confidence in their curriculums.
That implies a constant number of potential students. That's not necessarily the case. Below is a chart of the population of Jackson, Mississippi:


Population shifts. People move. Entire towns become abandoned. This happens.

The only way to judge the impact of home schooling is to compare the numbers of those enrolled in home schooling to those enrolled in public and private education in, say, Jackson, Mississippi. I looked but failed.
 
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Yes, it is a subculture of people being dissatisfied with school curriculums. Imho, if schools get back to reading, writing and arithmatics people would have more confidence in their curriculums.
The schools all ready do reading, writing, math and other good stuff in CA.
 
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The schools all ready do reading, writing, math and other good stuff in CA.
...but how well are they doing it, that's the key question.

Per NationsReportCard.gov

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On a national level, they're reporting that in reading, only 68% are at or above "basic" and only 29% are at or above "proficient"

I would seem as if the "Upper Midwest" states (your Iowa, your Dakotas, Wisconsin) are the ones who seem to be doing something right (or at least better) than states like Mississippi, Cali, or New York.

Clearly throwing more money at the problem isn't the magic bullet, if that was the case, California and NY would be beating Virginia and Nebraska.
 
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It the parents that aren't working. Schools are fine.
Maybe this is the heart of the controversy. Some feeling the parents should have control over their children's education and others thinking the state should control it.
 
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