1+ mon, 2+ week ago   (442+ words) Public education officials in the Garden State are blaming lower birth rates for a precipitous decline in enrollment – “the lowest levels recorded in almost a quarter-century,” the New Jersey Monitor reported. In the 2025-26 school year, statewide enrollment fell to about…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago   (306+ words) (The Center Square) – Kindergarten through 12th grade enrollment in North Carolina is down 0.3% for the period 2019 to 2024, the National Center for Education Statistics says, For the 2014-24 period, it’s up 0.4%. The state is home to 90,000 educators and about 1.5 million schoolchildren in its…...

2+ mon, 1+ week ago   (517+ words) San Diego Union-Tribune The Legislature’s approval of Gov. Gavin Newsom’s proposal to shake up the public education system — ending a previous arrangement that divided authority among the state superintendent of education, the State Board of Education and the governor — is…...

3+ mon, 2+ day ago   (282+ words) A region with a decreasing population of school-aged children has an obvious consequence — declining school enrollment. Of Long Island's 124 school districts, 91 showed enrollment declines of at least 10% in the last decade. Overall, Suffolk County schools saw a 9.3% decline in public school…...

3+ mon, 1+ week ago   (347+ words) The U.S. Census Bureau has provided a glimpse into the number of students enrolled in school across America. According to new 2024 data, 23.4 percent of people ages 3 and older were enrolled in school. Of those enrolled, 11.3 percent were in nursery school or…...