美国学校学生越来越少教育系统或面临危机

 

Acrossthe United States, pandemic aid money is helping to fund a growing number ofbig-city schools with shrinking(减少) numbers of students.

      The summer program at Chalmers School ofExcellence in Chicago, offers one-on-one teaching that parents love. But schoolhead teacher Romian Crockett worries the school is becoming too small. Chalmerslost almost one-third of its enrollment(入学) during the pandemic. Today, only 215 students attend Chalmers.

      The number of small schools like Chalmersis growing in many American cities. The pandemic quickened enrollment declinesin many districts. Many families started studying at school or soughtenrollment at private schools. Some students moved away or stopped attendingschool for unknown reasons. More than one in five New York City primary schoolshad fewer than 300 students last school year. In Los Angeles, California, overone in four have fewer than 300 students. Many of these schools were notdesigned to be small. Educators worry there will be smaller budgets in thecoming years, even as schools continue to recover from the pandemic(点击阅读全文）

1 . What was the main reason forenrollment’sshrinking in small schools?

A    The small number of educators.

B    The summer program.

C    Smaller budgets.

D    COVID-19.

2 . Where can you find the data thatbest supports “USschool systems are losing students”?

A    Paragraph 1.

B    Paragraph 3.

C    Paragraph 4.

D     Paragraph 5.

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