{"id":2031636,"date":"2023-09-14T11:05:02","date_gmt":"2023-09-14T15:05:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/public-schools-hemorrhage-students-as-boom-in-homeschooling-continues\/"},"modified":"2023-09-14T11:08:32","modified_gmt":"2023-09-14T15:08:32","slug":"public-schools-hemorrhage-students-as-boom-in-homeschooling-continues","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/public-schools-hemorrhage-students-as-boom-in-homeschooling-continues\/","title":{"rendered":"Public schools lose students as homeschooling boom persists."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fpublic-schools-hemorrhage-students-as-boom-in-homeschooling-continues%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2031636&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div data-post-content=\"true\" class=\"post_content\" id=\"post_content\">\n<p>The mass exodus of children opting out of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sf-school-board-president-accuses-mayor-of-division-for-criticizing-renaming-re-opening-plans\/\" title=\"SF School Board President Accuses Mayor Of \u2018Division\u2019 For Criticizing Renaming, Re-Opening Plans\">public school system<\/a>\u2014believed by many to have only been a temporary reaction \u200dto the COVID-19 pandemic\u2014continues to gain \u200bmomentum as record numbers \u200cof parents choose\u200b to keep their children\u2019s education in the family.<\/p>\n<p>Sandra Kim, director of media relations for the Home School Legal Defense Association, told The Epoch Times that\u2063 despite the public schools having\u2064 returned to in-school learning, interest in homeschooling has continued to grow.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are definitely seeing many more calls about how to start homeschooling and how to withdraw from \u2064public school,\u201d said Ms. Kim, whose organization aids homeschooling families nationally through legal representation. \u200d\u201cA lot of parents saw the benefits of learning from home during the pandemic, and now a lot\u2063 more people have become open to the idea.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<h2>More Educational Options<\/h2>\n<p>Private and charter \u200cschools have also contributed to \u2064the chipping \u2063away of the public school system. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cato.org\/survey-reports\/survey-55-percent-private-schools-see-enrollment-rise\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Cato Institute<\/a> found that 55 percent of private schools had seen an\u200d increase in enrollment between \u2062the 2021\u201322 and 2022\u201323 school years.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cOnce people see that homeschooled children do just as well, usually better, than their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/harvard-study-homeschoolers-generally-become-well-adjusted-responsible-young-adults\/\" title=\"Harvard Study: Homeschoolers Generally Become \u2018Well-Adjusted, Responsible\u2019 Young Adults\">public school peers<\/a>, \u2063the decision for many families is not that difficult,\u201d\u2064 Ms. Kim added.<\/p>\n<div class=\"my-5\">\n<p>New <a href=\"https:\/\/www.census.gov\/newsroom\/stories\/back-to-school.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Census Bureau data<\/a> show that 11.1 percent of K-12 students are \u2062now independently homeschooled, an increase\u2064 from 5.4 percent at the start of last spring. Conversely, public school enrollment fell 3 percent between 2019 and 2020, with many families withdrawing\u200d children from public education and signing them up\u2063 for educational alternatives. In \u2064the\u2063 2023 school year, a nationwide drop in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/schools-experience-low-attendance-across-the-country\/\" title=\"Schools Experience Low Attendance Across The Country\">public school attendance<\/a> has led many districts to cut staff or even\u200c close schools. While other factors have led to the decrease in public education, including lower birth rates, \u200bthe switch \u2062to homeschooling has accounted for more than 26 percent \u2063of the 1.2 million decline in student enrollment at public schools nationwide, according \u200bto\u2064 a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.urban.org\/research\/publication\/where-kids-went-nonpublic-schooling-and-demographic-change-during-pandemic\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2023 study by Thomas S. Dee of Stanford.<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>In Denver, Colorado, a sharp drop in the number of\u2064 public students has led officials to propose the shuttering of schools, according to a recent proposal\u200c from the Denver Public\u2064 Schools Board of Education,<\/p>\n<div class=\"my-5\">\n<p>\u201cDue to the declining enrollment expected for at least five more years, the Board of Education believes it \u2064is necessary\u2062 to consolidate and\u2062 unify schools to maintain the financial viability of\u200c the district,\u201d the board <a href=\"https:\/\/go.boarddocs.com\/co\/dpsk12\/Board.nsf\/files\/CVELUQ561EE1\/$file\/First%20Read%20EL-18%20school%20consolidation%20and%20unification.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">announced in a March statement<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"my-5\">\n<p>Brian Eschbacher, an enrollment consultant and a former Denver public schools official,<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/education\/2023\/may\/10\/us-schools-enrollment-covid-pandemic\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> told the Guardian<\/a>, \u201cIf anyone was holding out\u200d hope for a [post-COVID-19] \u200d bounceback [sic], we have put that to rest.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"my-5\">\n<p>Nationwide figures for the 2023 school year\u200c will not be released until 2024, but state-wide indicators show the popularity of homeschooling. Florida\u2062 saw <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fldoe.org\/core\/fileparse.php\/5606\/urlt\/Home-Ed-Annual-Report-2020-21.pdf#:~:text=For%20the%202021-22%20school%20year%2C%20the%20numbers%20provided,and%20152%2C109%20students%20participated%20in%20home%20education%20programs.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">an increase of \u206337,000 students <\/a>in the 2021\u201322 school year, larger than the previous 10 years of\u2064 growth combined.\u2064 The most recent data from the <a href=\"https:\/\/tea.texas.gov\/texas-schools\/general-information\/finding-a-school-for-your-child\/home-schooling\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Texas \u2064Education Agency<\/a> showed 29,765 students withdrew from public or private schools in the 2021\u201322 school year and switched to homeschooling.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"my-5\">\n<p>Texas Homeschool Coalition Vice President of Policy and Engagement Jeremy Newman <a href=\"https:\/\/www.msn.com\/en-us\/news\/us\/focus-at-four-record-number-of-texas-students-switch-to-homeschooling\/ar-AA1gp0v7\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">told First News at Four<\/a> that assumptions that the reopening of classrooms\u2062 would slow the growth of the homeschooling movement have\u200b been proven false.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"my-5\">\n<p>\u201cThe theory was that by the next school year, it \u200cwas going to be back\u2063 down to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/south-dakota-lowers-unemployment-to-pre-pandemic-levels-after-state-rejected-lockdowns\/\" title=\"South Dakota Lowers Unemployment to Pre-Pandemic Levels After State Rejected Lockdowns\">pre-pandemic levels<\/a>,\u201d Newman told\u2063 the news agency. \u201cWell,\u2062 that\u2019s \u200bnot what happened.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Parents\u2019\u2062 perceptions of public schools changed dramatically during the COVID-19 pandemic. In addition \u200cto school closures, health officials forcing children to wear masks, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/public-schools-hemorrhage-students-as-boom-in-homeschooling-continues\/\" title=\"Public schools lose students as homeschooling boom persists.\">parents discovering \u2064agenda-driven\u200d curricula<\/a> not aligned with their values have all been reasons attributed to the downturn.<\/p>\n<div class=\"my-5\">\n<p>Meanwhile, public \u2063opinion about homeschooling continues to rise. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rasmussenreports.com\/public_content\/lifestyle\/general_lifestyle\/august_2023\/36_rate_public_schools_poor_most_parents_approve_homeschooling\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">A recent Rasmussen poll<\/a> found that among parents whose children were attending school, 62 percent \u200cof respondents approved of homeschooling for children, including 27\u2064 percent\u200c who \u201cstrongly approve.\u201d The poll \u200dalso revealed \u200cthat less than a third of Americans think the country\u2019s public schools are doing a good or excellent job, with 31 percent of parents disapproving, including \u20647 percent who strongly disapprove.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The surge in children leaving public schools, initially seen as a pandemic-induced trend, is now growing stronger as more parents decide to homeschool their kids. Sandra Kim, from the Home School Legal Defense Association, confirmed this ongoing shift in education choices.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2342,"featured_media":2031637,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[543],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2031636","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-epoch-times"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2031636","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2342"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2031636"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2031636\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2031637"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2031636"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2031636"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2031636"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}