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Homeschooling Emerges as America’s Fastest-Growing Education Option
By Movieguide® Contributor
The Washington Post recently discovered that homeschooling is the fastest-growing education option in America.
Its recent survey estimates that there are currently 1.9 million to 2.7 million homeschoolers in America.
“That is nearly a 51 percent increase over the past six school years,” CBN observed.
The United States Census Bureau reported that homeschooling doubled during the COVID-19 pandemic.
CBN reported, “Former teacher Krystle Lynch, like many other parents, was forced to change the ways things worked for her family during the COVID-19 lockdowns. She had to help her kids with their lessons but soon discovered that it was easier to teach them at home while also protecting them during the pandemic.”
“I pulled them out,” Lynch told CBN. “I could have put them in public school, virtual school. And I was like, ‘No I’m not doing this. I’m not going to wait on anyone. I’m going to take it into our own hands.'”
Movieguide® reported on why one private school principal, Mandy Davis, left her job to homeschool her kids:
“There are so many hands in education and in our school system, but really the hands that should matter most should be those of the parents and the students,” Davis said.
…To have a stronger say in what her children learn and how they learn it motivated Davis. The massive teacher shortage also had a huge impact on her decision to leave her principal role.
“I talk a lot about the current teacher shortages because it affects so much. It’s causing larger class sizes with a rise of discipline and behavioral issues in the classroom and the shortage of teachers; that’s not the type of balance we want to see,” Davis said.
These aren’t the only reasons why more people have chosen to homeschool their kids. Many parents are also concerned about school shooters.
Another survey by the Washington Post in September found that of 1,027 homeschooling parents surveyed, 62% said that school shootings were the primary reason they school their kids at home.
Other concerns for parents were the negative influences in school environments, lack of moral instruction, “dissatisfaction with academic instruction in public schools, “bullying,” and “fear their local public school was influenced too much by liberal viewpoints.”
Movieguide® previously reported:
A new study reveals that homeschooling has continued to surge after over one million students left public schools during the COVID-19 pandemic.
“Homeschooling saw a 30% increase in 2021-2022 while public school enrollment fell by more than 1.2 million students within the first two years of the COVID-19 pandemic,” The Christian Post reported.
The study from the Urban Institute found “private school enrollment increased by 4.3% between the fall of 2019 and the fall of 2021. Data collected between the 2019-2020 school year and the 2021-2022 school year showed that homeschool enrollment rose by 30%.”
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