No longer fringe: Homeschooling revolution reshaping American education
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(ZEROHEDGE) – In the ever-evolving landscape of American education, a quiet revolution is taking place. Over the past six years, home schooling has surged by 51% - in stark contrast to the 7% rise in private school enrollment, and a 4% dip in public schools over the same period, according to an in-depth look by the Washington Post at thousands of school districts spanning 32 states which provide accurate data.
Once limited to the peripheries of mainstream education, home schooling is rapidly emerging as a force to be reckoned with. Between the Covid lockdowns, pissed-off conservative parents who don't want their children indoctrinated by mentally ill activists, and the pandemic, with its sweeping disruptions to conventional schooling, undoubtedly served as a catalyst for this seismic shift. Schools across the country shuttered, forcing millions of families to grapple with remote learning and rethink the entire educational paradigm. Yet, as the pandemic wanes and schools reopen, shedding many of their COVID-19 constraints, the surge in home schooling has not only persisted but flourished.
"This is a fundamental change of life, and it’s astonishing that it’s so persistent," according to Nat Malkus, a senior fellow and deputy director of education policy at the American Enterprise Institute, a conservative-leaning think tank.
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