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With many school districts announcing the shift to virtual and online classes, America’s parents are asking themselves whether homeschooling is a more viable option for the 2020-2021 school year. Several school districts bungled their response to the coronavirus pandemic after shutting down in-person classroom instruction, and did so without having the capacity to immediately shift […]

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Huge news for homeschooling in Oklahoma: Enrollment in the Luther Academic Barn (LAB), a homeschool cooperative located in central Oklahoma, has jumped by more than 50 percent in its first year of operation, reflecting a nationwide trend. A homeschool cooperative, or “co-op,” is “a group of homeschoolers coming together in cooperation to provide educational and social activities […]

From School Reform News: School authorities in California sent a letter to homeschool parents telling them homeschooling is illegal, which is not true. The Homeschool Legal Defense Association (HSLDA) reports all of its members in the San Benito High School District (SBHSD) received a letter in July from SBHSD officials that read in part, “[U]nder […]

At the Values Voters Summit, held by the Family Research Council Action arm, GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump spoke about school choice and homeschooling and how they work together. His remarks are at the seventeen-minute mark: https://youtu.be/Hz8jSguklFo

From the Daily Caller: Sam Sorbo is a passionate, dedicated homeschooling mom of three and talk radio host. Often on Fox News, Sorbo is an actress, former model and biomedical engineer from Duke University, who is married to actor Kevin Sorbo of “Hercules” fame. She is also the author of recent book “They’re Your Kids.” Mandated government schools […]

Homeschooling is on the rise, but one professor isn’t convinced.

The Heritage Foundation published a special report with essays from several education experts, detailing the background and the effects of Common Core. Stanley Kurtz, a senior fellow at the Ethics and Public Policy Center, and William Estrada, director of federal relations at the Home School Legal Defense Association, highlighted the problems with Common Core. Estrada […]

Home-based education is a rising trend in D.C. education.

As the Heartland Institute reported: According to the latest data from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), the number of U.S. K–12 children educated at home increased from 1.09 million in 2003 to 1.77 million in 2012, now constituting 3.4 percent of the nation’s school population.

It does sound a bit over-the-top, but it’s good that the Goochland County School Board dropped the requirement for homeschooled children.

Naysayers take note: Common Core has had at least one unanticipated positive outcome. “Home schooling has steadily risen in North Carolina since it was legalized in 1985 by the state Supreme Court,” T. Keung Hui reported on News Observer.com on August 13, 2014. “Twenty-five years ago, there were about 2,300 home-schooled students in North Carolina.” […]