Home schooling has become \u2014 by a wide margin \u2014 America\u2019s fastest-growing form of education, as families from Upper Manhattan to Eastern Kentucky embrace a largely unregulated practice once confined to the ideological fringe, a Washington Post analysis shows.<\/p>\n
The analysis \u2014 based on data The Post collected for thousands of school districts across the country \u2014 reveals that a dramatic rise in home schooling at the onset of the pandemic has largely sustained itself through the 2022-23 academic year, defying predictions that most families would return to schools that have dispensed with mask mandates and other covid-19 restrictions.<\/p>\n
The growth demonstrates home schooling\u2019s arrival as a mainstay of the American educational system, with its impact \u2014 on society, on public schools and, above all, on hundreds of thousands\u00a0<\/b>of children now learning\u00a0outside a conventional academic setting<\/a>\u00a0\u2014 only beginning to be felt.<\/p>\n Read it all<\/a>.<\/p>\n Washington Post: “Home schooling\u2019s rise from fringe to fastest-growing form of education: \u2014 Heather Hunter (@heatherhunterdc) October 31, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n
\nA district-by-district look at home schooling\u2019s explosive growth, which a Post analysis finds has far outpaced the rate at private and public schools” https:\/\/t.co\/wtZrYsgrJM<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/lGF7xTYKtw<\/a><\/p>\n