Over a million students have dropped out of school since 2019 as a result of the COVID pandemic, which has shocked the public education system in the United States. The decline is related to how well (or poorly) schools handled safety precautions including masking regulations and vaccination requirements combined with the level of instruction provided during these historically exceptional times of turmoil.
Over the previous two years, enrolment in public schools has significantly decreased. According to data from the National Center for Education Statistics, there were around 1.4 million fewer pupils enrolled in public schools between 2019 and 2020. However, a research by Education Next contends that this number may be closer to 2 million lower since 2020.
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Recent data shows that during the past three years, demand for alternate educational forms has steadily increased. Particularly, enrollment numbers in public charter schools, private institutions, and homeschooling rose by 4.5%.
The emergence of COVID forced parents to reevaluate their kids’ educational options. Many families took new avenues towards homeschooling and online learning during this time because they discovered that public school education no longer offered a reliable standard of learning or gave them enough control over health and safety procedures.
After schools transitioned to remote learning, parents’ perceptions on their children’s education underwent a significant change. Many people felt that the teaching was of poor quality and were disappointed with the way it was given.
Parents’ satisfaction with K–12 education is at an all-time low, despite the extraordinary efforts educators have made to adapt in a challenging time. Only 42% of people, down from 51% in the 2019 pre-pandemic period, are entirely or somewhat happy, according to the GALLUP poll results. It is evident that the COVID crisis limits have had an obviously significant impact on students’ educational experiences.
Surprisingly, almost a quarter of American parents said they are extremely dissatisfied with the education their kids are getting.
Many parents are dissatisfied with their child’s conventional schooling now that they have direct experience with the effects of virtual learning. These disillusioned families recently discussed their experiences in the classroom and elsewhere with The Epoch Times.
Matt Mohler, a Florida-based father, was motivated to make a significant choice after observing the lack of effort from teachers in his children’s public school; he transferred his children to a classical charter school for the autumn of 2020.
“For a while, [our kids] were getting homework assigned to them by their teachers … but there was no teaching going on,” Mohler said. “Once a week they’d all get together on a classroom call, and that was the extent of what the teachers were doing. We realized we weren’t getting a lot of effort out of the teachers.”
Shireen Qudosi, a different parent, decided to transfer her autistic kid out of his public school in the fall of 2020 after seeing how they were studying online. “There wasn’t even a functioning curriculum in place, which access into the classroom through remote learning confirmed,” said Qudosi.
Parents were concerned about the quality of their kids’ education, particularly when it came to touchy themes like prejudice, gender expression, sexual health, and drug abuse.
Additionally, Mohler addressed the inappropriate subjects being discussed in his daughter’s second-grade class in his interview with The Epoch Times. He stated: “The school had a ‘Say No to Drugs’ campaign, but they were going into detail on what drugs were out there. If they’re going to learn about that, they’re going to learn about that from me.”
The American Home School Association’s executive director, J. Allen Weston, commented on the matter and stated that parents don’t want their children exposed to the “radical indoctrination that the public schools are doing.”
With the arrival of COVID-19, public schools around the country have seen a sharp drop in enrolment, which is due to both safety concerns and regulatory requirements for vaccination and masking.
The mandate that low-risk youngsters receive immunizations and wear masks for six hours a day, possibly during developmental critical periods, infuriated parents.
Parents all throughout the nation were inspired to take action in 2020 as they yearned for something more significant. By choosing to attend private or home schools instead of public ones, almost 500,000 kids sent a strong message to society.
According to a recent NAPCS research, a staggering proportion of families experienced significant gains in their children’s academic performance and satisfaction as a result of switching school types. More than half noticed that the modification made their child noticeably happy, and nearly 9 out of 10 indicated overall favorable effects!
