Parents across America were caught unprepared for the mass closure of government schools in 2020. Soon after, however, many decided they and their children had had enough of the status quo. Now at a crossroads, will they choose reform or repudiation?
The wave of ill-advised school shutdowns last year compelled tens of thousands of parents to rethink their children’s education. When the classroom was virtually forced into their homes via Zoom, parents realized just how abysmal the curricula and tutelage were.
Statistics on families fleeing to homeschooling must be worrying the education establishment.
From 2012 to 2019, the homeschooling rate hovered around 3.3 percent of K–12 US students. That figure rose to 5.4 percent in spring 2020. By the following fall, that figure had more than doubled to 11.1 percent.
Among black families, the increase was particularly noteworthy considering only 3.3 percent of black children were homeschooled in spring 2020 versus 16.1 percent in the fall.
While legacy media focused on cases of parents keeping their kids home out of fear of covid, longtime critics of the public school system argued that the pandemic actually helped to expose parents to the abuses and shortcomings that have long plagued public education.
Some chose homeschooling, but many other parents took to school board meetings, facing the beast head-on and ripping apart the deceptive social engineering with the public comment microphone. All the glory, glitz, and glam has so far gone to the latter group.
They grew a decentralized movement with immediate political consequences not only in Virginia’s gubernatorial election but also in school board races across the country earlier this month.
1. NO Critical race theory Marxist bullcrap.
2. You are free to teach (or not teach) religion how you see fit.
3. Kids learn that learning happens whenever and wherever- not just between 8AM-3PM.
4. Goodbye, common core math silliness.
5. No one ever heard of a school shooting in a homeschool.
6. Need to schedule an appointment or go shopping- just take them with you!
7. Learn latin, greek, hebrew,philosophy, logic, astronomy, practical skills, , the glories of western art and classical music 100% guilt free.
8. NO MASK MANDATES OR VAX MANDATES AT HOME!
9. Bond as a family.
10. The communists want your children to hate your country and hate you. Deny them the opportunity.
YEAH…NO..My daughter works from home and thinks she’s some end of world homesteading mom and prepper like Palin with her pearl-handled pistol and her bleached hair and done nails and Country Shabby chic whitewashed decor she home schools and I looked at the Coloring Book Phamphet Curriculum she rejects History and Science as well as Social Studies and thinks simple MATH and Bible Studies is a competitive enlightened education. The Amish are better educated and self-sufficient and don’t cling to GUNS to protect their ill-fated stupidity.
5:33 Sounds like your daughter is t a sheep. Apparently she’s smarter than her parents ? Have a great day!!