Posted on 01/25/2022 6:50:54 PM PST by DoodleBob
...I interviewed 10 families in Southern California about their choice to leave bricks-and-mortar schools, as well as several professionals who provide support to home-schoolers...Their rationales are diverse and the families span the socioeconomic and political spectrums: schools requiring too many COVID-19 safety protocols, or too few; the polarizing conversation around critical race theory; neurodivergent kids struggling with virtual instruction;and an overall waning faith in the public school system.
Who is choosing to home-school right now is just as fascinating as the why. Overall, the proportion of American families home-schooling at least one child grew from 5.4% in spring 2020 to 11.1% in fall 2021, according to a U.S. Census Bureau analysis. Meanwhile, the number of Black families choosing to home-school increased five-fold during that time, from 3.3% to 16.1%. ...experts I interviewed noted that the pandemic pushed more parents who would never have otherwise home-schooled their children in that direction. ...a growing segment of “the mainstream middle class, well-educated and not on either political extreme, has been very disenchanted with public schools’ response to the pandemic.”
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This trend, if it continues, may contribute to a funding crisis in the public school system. Average daily attendance among California’s 6 million-plus K-12 students has decreased by 271,000 students since 2014, in large part because of plummeting birth rates (but surely exacerbated by an uptick in home-schooling). The state’s school funding is based on student enrollment and reduced by average daily attendance....
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I can say that most of the parents I spoke with are thinking deeply about how to give their kids the most well-rounded education possible, as well as a variety of social opportunities. They see this choice as a reprioritization of values, an opportunity to really get to know their kids and nourish their natural curiosities.
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The surge in black families that are homeschooling is especially noteworthy, when you couple that with data showing thatDemocrat teachers outnumber Republicans.
I said early in the pandemic, that forced homeschooling changed the minds of many citizens about homeschoolers. In short, they found that the MSM "they're all racist right-wing wackos" demonization was contrary to their first-hand experience with homeschoolers who came to their assistance more than their School District, and didn't turn out to be so weird and evil after all.
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“Remote learning” exposed pubix edjakayshun.
50 50. On one have ypu diet get a break from your kids on the other no masks.
That's been many many years ago
The COVID-19 lockdowns were ridiculous. But if the net effect is parents taking control of their kid’s education going forward, that would be a significant silver lining.
I have a friend who works in the Los Angeles school district administration and he told me last year they lost 15% of all students to homeschooling or private schools
So when do the home schooling parents form up and sue to stop paying their school taxes?
Add to that what Youngkin is supposedly doing in Virginia.
When they are ready to lose their homes to a "tax upset sale".
"Property tax" is your annual rent to the government.
We graduated the last one four years ago.
All are independent, employed, moved out, responsible adults.
We started homeschooling 10 years ago. My oldest is now a Recon Marine, second oldest is premed, my youngest is a junior in high school. It worked very well for us and they’re all fine young, well adjusted young adults.
“I said early in the pandemic, that forced homeschooling changed the minds of many citizens about homeschoolers.”
At least half of parents have some level of college education at this point. Perhaps they FINALLY figured out that they really are intelligent enough to teach grade-school level subjects to their kids.
Check your local school boards; how many members are either teachers in other districts, or married to a teacher in your district? That helps explain the union contracts.
Public school teachers have made themselves totally useless - if not downright destructive! - in the last couple of years. They’re all about themselves and their unions, NOT about the kids.
I really fear for the developmental issues that lots of these young ones are suffering and which will impact them for a long time.
Get your kids OUT of public school, if there is any possible way for your family to do it!
And state school scores are plummeting which shows that home schooling is best because parents know best.
No mention of why we have public schools? They no longer teach the communist manifesto I guess.
That's insane. If adults are losing it, small wonder children are hurting.
This "kids are resilient" talk is designed to make govt officials feel better about child suicide.
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