Teachers email parents demanding they don’t homeschool kids – as San Francisco strike grinds into a third day

California Post ^ | 2/10/26 | Annie Gaus

[Libloather]

Striking San Francisco teachers have demanded parents avoid homeschooling their children to help support their push for higher wages and better conditions.

More than 50,000 children were kept home on Monday and Tuesday after teachers walked off the job and joined picket lines, demanding a nine per cent raise over two years and subsidized family health care, which the cash-strapped San Francisco School District claims it can’t afford.

And with the strike set to drag into a Wednesday, local parents are now fuming after teachers emailed them and asked them not to encourage any home study.

The district — which says it could lose millions in funding each day the strike goes on — offered homework packets that include “five days of independent study work and practice in both English Language Arts and in Math,” according to its website.

But teachers claim in messages they sent to parents that the packets were a ploy to ensure the district continues to receive funds during the strike, meaning the district would be able to avoid caving to the union’s demands.

“If many families participate in independent study, it reduces pressure on the district and can prolong the strike,” read a screenshot shared on social media. “If you are able, we ask that you do not participate in the independent study provided by the district.”

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TOPICS: Books/Literature; Business/Economy; Conspiracy; Education
KEYWORDS: arth; california; frhf; homeschool; ignoranceisstrength; sanfrancisco; strike; teachers

[WKUHilltopper]

Demanding?? I’d tell them to get F’ed.

[Political Junkie Too]

In San Francisco, only teachers are qualified to educate your children.

Don't you dare try to teach your own children anything.

-PJ

[DAC21]

“The teachers’ unions have become worthless”

And according to my AI search these “teachers” start at 80k in that sick city. My best (liberal) buddy was making six figures teaching 2nd graders in So Cal and this was six years ago when he took an cushy early retirement.

Zero sympathy

[READINABLUESTATE]

“The teachers’ unions have become worthless”
They always have been. I learned that at a young age.
(my father was a school superintendent and hated the unions)

[Skwor]

FTA
“But teachers claim in messages they sent to parents that the packets were a ploy to ensure the district continues to receive funds during the strike, meaning the district would be able to avoid caving to the union’s demands.”

Pretty sure they just admitted to fraud in that statement.

[coloradan]

Obviously taxes need to be higher in California.

[DFG]

https://www.frontpagemag.com/sf-teachers-union-earning-100k-strike-after-being-unsatisfied-with-10-raises/

[servo1969]

We’re on strike! So, no learing!

[dljordan]

Arrogant SOBs aren’t they.

[Carry_Okie]

Striking San Francisco teachers have demanded parents avoid homeschooling their children to help support their push for higher wages and better conditions avoid exposing their incompetence and destructive brainwashing efforts.

Fixed.

In a way COVID-19 was a blessing, in that it exposed to parents the damage public education is doing to their children.

So I did a little Brave AI search:

According to the U.S. Department of Education and the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), approximately 2.8% to 3.3% of school-aged children were homeschooled in the years prior to 2020. Some estimates, such as those from the National Home Education Research Institute (NHERI), suggested slightly higher numbers, around 3.7%, but overall, homeschooling remained under 4% of the student population.

Homeschooling in the United States
Overview about homeschooling in the United States
Wikipedia: Pandemic-Era Surge in Homeschooling

The onset of the COVID-19 pandemic in spring 2020 led to a dramatic spike in homeschooling. As schools shifted to remote learning, many families began to differentiate between remote schooling (school-led online instruction) and true homeschooling (parent-led, independent education). The U.S. Census Bureau’s Household Pulse Survey found that homeschooling rates jumped from 5.4% in spring 2020 to 11.1% by fall 2020—more than doubling in just a few months.

This surge was driven by health concerns, school closures, and dissatisfaction with remote learning quality. Some states, like Massachusetts and New York, saw seven-fold increases, while others, such as South Dakota and California, also experienced sharp rises.

Homeschooling rates during COVID-19 pandemic
Post-Pandemic Trends and Permanent Shift

Contrary to early assumptions that the increase would be temporary, data shows that homeschooling rates have stabilized well above pre-pandemic levels. By the 2022–2023 school year, the rate had settled around 5.2%, and by 2024–2025, it rose slightly to 5.4%, according to the Johns

Hopkins Homeschool Research Lab and NCES.

This represents a net permanent increase of approximately 2.6 percentage points—from a pre-pandemic average of 2.8% to a post-pandemic baseline of 5.4%. In relative terms, this is a nearly 100% increase compared to pre-pandemic levels.

I was hoping it would be more. I'm guessing critical mass at about 20%.

[trebb]

“Don’ you dair teech dem chillun’s nuffin’ - it be our job to teach dem nuffin’....”

[metmom]

HOMESCHOOL PING

This ping list is for articles of interest to homeschoolers. I hold both the Homeschool Ping List and the Another Reason to Homeschool Ping List. Please freepmail me to let me know if you would like to be added or removed from either list, or both.

The keyword for the FREE REPUBLIC HOMESCHOOLERS’ FORUM is frhf.

[metmom]

ANOTHER REASON TO HOMESCHOOL

This ping list is for the other articles of interest to homeschoolers about education and public school. This can occasionally be a fairly high volume list. Articles pinged to the Another Reason to Homeschool List will be given the keyword of ARTH. (If I remember. If I forget, please feel free to add it yourself)

The main Homeschool Ping List handles the homeschool-specific articles. I hold both the Homeschool Ping List and the Another Reason to Homeschool Ping list. Please freepmail me to let me know if you would like to be added to or removed from either list, or both.

[Ge0ffrey]

All in all we’re just another brick in the wall.

[Chickensoup]

It is a constantly diminishing population because of graduation.

All told about 10% homeschool and private school kids.

90% government bots.

And parents accept it. Even here.

[DeplorableTrumpSupporter]

Teachers’ strikes = Another Reason to Homeschool...

[NFHale]

Glad to hear that… People need to realize the con game that’s being played on them, and find out how to make their own way in the world.

[ChildOfThe60s]

Bttt

[DeplorablePaul]

I think the union issued that statement. The teacher(s) involved don’t write good English. On the brightside, I’m happy to see the new CA Post coverage of the story,

[Organic Panic]

All your children are belong to us