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COLUMN: Conservatives are embracing new alternative school models. Will the public?

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Lizette Valles is a former teacher and librarian who runs a Los Angeles school that she believes represents a promising alternative to U.S. public education. The event often felt like a pep rally for options beyond traditional school districts, where enrollment fell in the pandemic and is expected to drop another five percent by 2031.

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A school closure cliff is coming. Black and Hispanic students are likely to bear the brunt

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Related: Nearly all the seniors at this charter school went to college. More than one million students nationwide did not return to public school after the pandemic. Some enrolled at private schools, others began homeschooling, and still others seemingly disappeared , according to Thomas S.