“Many kids are missing what are thought to be many key developmental experiences.”

Thomas Dee, a professor at Stanford’s Graduate School of Education, commenting on the nationwide school enrollment decrease of nearly 3 million students last year, dropping to the lowest share in more than two decades. Just 40 percent of 3- and 4-year olds were enrolled in school in 2020 and college enrollment numbers dropped to their lowest since 2007. (The Hill — October 22, 2021)