Despite Polarization, Americans Agree: School Learning Losses Are a System Failure

Satisfaction in government schools has been declining for years, even before the stress test of pandemic response resulted in spectacular failure by the public system. Now we have evidence that students lost ground during school closures and fumbled efforts to teach kids who weren't physically present in the classroom. Democrats and Republicans who otherwise disagree on so much regarding education share dismay over the state of public schools and a mutual interest in alternatives that offer something better.

"In 2022, the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) conducted a special administration of...