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Is vanishing elementary school recess linked to lower college completion rates? Recess has dropped from 37 to 26 minutes since 2000, with 40% of districts cutting play time for test prep—yet scores haven’t improved. Less play correlates with cognitive fatigue, shorter attention spans, and lower performance from high school to college. Free play deprivation also…
Think tomorrow’s midterm elections will save struggling public schools from closing? Think again. The sad truth is that Capitol Hill won’t stop the wave of campus shutdowns sweeping the nation. There are reasons. Between 2019 and 2024, public school enrollment plummeted by 1.83 million students—and total enrollment is projected to fall another 7.5% by 2031.…
Public school first-year college dropout numbers are staggering: nearly 1 in 5 quit within 12 months, and 38.2% don’t finish a bachelor’s degree in eight years. Why are government-run schools failing our college-bound students? It’s not about funding. Public school spending per pupil has surged past $17,600, yet standardized test scores lag far behind. Meanwhile,…
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