Shuttering public schools often hurts test scores, saves little money

As a researcher who studies school closings and counsels local districts facing closure decisions, I know the pressures are multiple. Many districts are facing dropping enrollments. In some places, like Boston, rising housing costs are fueling the decline; in other, more rural, areas, dropping birthrates and a graying population are causing it. Lots of students […] The post OPINION: Shuttering public schools is a strategy that rarely saves much money and often leads to test score declines appeared first on The Hechinger Report.