As we approach the start of the school year, NYC data shows that public school enrollment last year was at its lowest point in more than a decade. As HannahKliger reports, more and more parents are considering alternatives to their children's education.
, enrollment fell in every school district last academic year.
"We don't think of this as a blip. We think it's a trend. A cultural revolution has happened because of what parents saw through the remote schooling," said John Edelson, founder of Time4Learning, the curriculum Julie Kvyatkovsky has chosen for her kids. "Time4Learning has seen the homeschooling phenomenon as a national trend," he said."The urban centers like Brooklyn are really big, but so are the suburban and the rural centers."
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