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The Revealed Preferences for School Reopening: Evidence from Public-School Disenrollment
- Source :
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American Educational Research Journal . Oct 2023 60(5):916-940. - Publication Year :
- 2023
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Abstract
- Before the 2020-2021 school year, policymakers and parents confronted the uncertain trade-offs implied by the health, educational, and economic consequences of offering instruction remotely, in person, or through a hybrid of the two. Most public schools in the United States chose remote-only instruction, and enrollment fell dramatically (i.e., a loss 1.1 million K-12 students). We examine the impact of these choices on public-school enrollment using panel data that combine district-level information on enrollment and instructional mode. We find offering remote-only instead of in-person instruction reduced enrollment by 1.1 percentage points (i.e., 42% greater disenrollment). The disenrollment effects of remote instruction are concentrated in kindergarten and, more modestly, elementary schools. We do not find evidence that hybrid instruction had an impact.
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 0002-8312 and 1935-1011
- Volume :
- 60
- Issue :
- 5
- Database :
- ERIC
- Journal :
- American Educational Research Journal
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- EJ1393074
- Document Type :
- Journal Articles<br />Reports - Research
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.3102/00028312221140029