The Death of School 10
Declining enrollment has caused public-school closures across the U.S.—driven by rising absenteeism, the COVID-19 pandemic, charter schools, and homeschooling. Alec MacGillis reports on the closure of School 10 in Rochester, New York.
Rochester's school enrollment plummeted from nearly 34,000 students in 2003 to less than 23,000 last year.