Schools

Axios - More than 5,000 public schools closed across the U.S. between 2017 and 2022, according to the National Center for Educational Statistics.

School closures have well-documented impacts on kids' academic outcomes, but more recent research shows they also can lower home values, raise crime rates and diminish the social fabric of a neighborhood.

Closures are most often driven by budget shortfalls from declining enrollment. Americans are having fewer children, and parents have more charter and public school options than ever. This means fewer public school students, and ultimately less per-pupil government funding for districts.  Keep reading.

  59% - The share of public K-12 teachers in the U.S. who say they are at least somewhat worried about the possibility of a shooting ever happening at their school.