Over 11,000 Kids Drop Out Of School Every Day
- Dropouts Facts
- Published on August 31
“We are the only developed nation in the world that is academically backsliding.”
“Our education system is failing our students, our teachers and our economy.”
In 2013, the number was 8,000 kids a day
https://www.mic.com/articles/25343/8-000-kids-drop-out-of-school-every-day-and-we-re-ignoring-it
"In 2020, there were 2.0 million status dropouts divided by 180 school days = 11,111 a day"
https://nces.ed.gov/fastfacts/display.asp?id=16
And after COVID, the number has skyrocketed, doubling the number of homeschoolers. Homeschooling went from fringe to the fastest growing form of education.