Spending Per Pupil in Public Schools Averaged $15,633, Up 8.9% in FY 2022 Average U.S. public school spending per pupil in elementary and secondary schools rose 8.9% to $15,633 in fiscal year (FY) 2022 from the previous year, according to…
Category: Education
School Enrollment Rates of 3- and 4-year-olds Returned to Pre-Pandemic Levels in 2022
The COVID-19 pandemic transformed many parents’ home and work lives, with some changes like shuttered schools and remote learning leading to a drop in enrollment of children ages 3 and 4. But new data show enrollment has started to bounce…
Better Health, Voulenteerism Linked to Postsecondary Education
Charitable giving rates get higher with each level of education, a new poll from Gallup indicates. Rising from only 38% of people with a high school diploma to a whopping 77% with a graduate degree. Volunteer rates double between non-college…
Girls Take Lessons, Jon Clubs More Often Than Boys But Boys Play More Sports
Children are engaging in more extracurricular activities like lessons and sports than they did more than two decades ago, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. A Child’s Day: Historical Tables and Figures tracks children’s involvement in extracurricular activities by sex and…
Pandemic Disrupted Labor Markets but Had Modest Impact on Retirement Timing
The COVID-19 pandemic’s disruption of labor markets was massive, but it had only a modest impact on peoples’ retirement timing, according to recently released data from the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2021 Survey of Income and Program Participation (SIPP). The SIPP collected…
K-12 Parents Divided Over Mask Mandates in School
As another school year begins in the age of COVID-19, mask mandates have become a flashpoint across the U.S., with parents on both sides of the issue clashing with each other, school administrators and political leaders. Gallup’s latest polling finds…
Majority of K-12 Parents Satisfied With Child’s Education
As children across the U.S. head back to classrooms amid another COVID-19 surge, 73% of parents of school-aged children say they are satisfied with the quality of education their oldest child is receiving. Twenty-eight percent of parents are “completely” and…
Why So Few Girls Pursue STEM Careers? A Lack of Confidence
The critical role of sports in helping girls develop self-confidence is vividly demonstrated by a new survey of 10,678 U.S. girls which also finds their interest in pursuing a career in math and/or science increases 16% from fifth to ninth…
College Loans Top All Debt Except Mortgages, And Students Think Debt Necessary Part of Life
College enrollment is projected to increase almost 9% in the United States from 2014-2022, according to a new report from Mintel. The growing student population is more diverse than ever before with attendees no longer solidly 18-24 years old, and…
College Graduation Year Doesn’t Hamper Income
Despite delaying their college education, nontraditional college graduates — those who earn their degree at age 25 or older — have personal income later in life that are comparable to those of traditional graduates, or those who earn their degree…