Night of the Living Ed: Zombie Public Schools, Drained of Pandemic Lifeblood, Haunt the Land | RealClearInvestigations

I visited one school that takes up an entire city block but there were only five classrooms used, plus a library, a computer room, and an afterschool room, said Sam Davis, a member of the Board of Education in Oakland, California. As our budget officer said, if you don t have enough students for two teams to play kickball, there are a lot of other academic activities that are not going to be sustainable either.

But nothing in public education is more controversial and difficult than closing a neighborhood school. The protests that recently flared up in cities like Oakland and Denver over proposals to shut low-enrollment schools, which also tend to be the worst academic performers in districts, are just a prelude of the reckoning to come, according to interviews with school leaders, researchers, educators, and charter officials.

via www.realclearinvestigations.com

Nothing is more inefficient than public schools. They can’t even die efficiently.