A Public School Enrollment Crisis, and a Nuclear Reactor on the Moon

公立学校招生危机,以及月球上的核反应堆

The Headlines

2025-08-05

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  • From The New York Times, it's The Headlines.

  • I'm Traci Mumford.

  • Today's Tuesday, August 5th.

  • Here's what we're covering.

  • Public schools across the country are facing an enrollment crisis.

  • According to federal data,

  • two-thirds of traditional public schools saw their number of students drop between 2019 and 2023.

  • The factors at play?

  • Beyond the pandemic, which caused mass disruption in attendance,