The Education Exchange: Public School Enrollments Down 2 Percent Since 2020

Data from Massachusetts reflects national trend, concentrated in middle grades of affluent districts

Photo of Joshua GoodmanJoshua Goodman, an Associate Professor of Education and Economics at Boston University, joins Paul E. Peterson to discuss Goodman’s latest research, which tracks how school enrollment has changed in the years since the Covid-19 pandemic shut down schools.

School Enrollment Shifts Five Years After the Pandemic,” co-written with Abigail Francis, is available now.

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