U.S. School Enrollment Exceeds Baby-Boomer Days

The baby-boomers have been out boomed, mainly by their own kids. The Census Bureau reports that the 49.5 million U.S. elementary and high school students enrolled in 2003 has surpassed the previous all-time high of 48.7 million set in 1970 when the baby-boomers themselves were in school. In 2003, 75 million people — more than one-fourth of the U.S. population age 3 and older — were in school. Read more...