In the News: US Fertility Rate Falls to ‘All-Time Low,’ CDC Says

Link to CNNCNN reports on a new data brief from the National Center for Health Statistics showing that the general fertility rate for 2018 “fell to another all-time low.”

In “The Baby Bust Goes To School” (Summer 2019), Education Next executive editor Michael J. Petrilli assessed what the ongoing decline may mean for public education and reform in the United States.

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