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%.
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.