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Why are so many public schools closing?

The Indicator from Planet Money

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Housing, Mortgage Lock-In, and Empty Nesters

Combine the falling birth rate with a difficult housing market and you get some communities with fewer students. Tracy and hosts explain mortgage lock-in effects.

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