Posted on 08/12/2020 5:24:00 AM PDT by 11th_VA
As parents nationwide prepare to help their children with more distance learning, a small but quickly growing number are deciding to take matters entirely into their own hands and begin homeschooling.
Some are worried their districts are unable to offer a strong virtual learning program. For others who may have been considering homeschooling, concerns for their family's health amid the coronavirus and the on-again, off-again planning for in-person instruction are leading them to part ways with school systems...
“We just saw that with her wearing a mask for the entire day, that would make learning more difficult for her,” she said. “It was going to be such a different environment. We didn’t think it would be as beneficial for her.”
Homeschooling applications are surging in states including Nebraska, where they are up 21%, and Vermont, where they are up 75%. In North Carolina, a rush of parents filing notices that they planned to homeschool overwhelmed a government website last month, leaving it temporarily unable to accept applications.
There were about 2.5 million homeschool students last year in grades K-12 in the U.S., making up about 3% to 4% of school-age children, according to the National Home Educators Research Institute. Brian Ray, the group’s president, is anticipating that their numbers will increase by at least 10%.
“One day the school district says X and four days later they say Y,” Ray said. “And then the governor says another thing and then that changes what the school district can do. And parents and teachers are tired of what appear to be arbitrary and capricious decisions. They are tired of it and saying we are out of here.” ...
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Contact with the NEA critters is far far more dangerous than contact with the Wu Flu.
My former neighbor and her daughter will join with other parents and grandparents and hire a private teacher if Massachusetts schools are closed.
Wuhan flu is less dangerous to children and most teachers than polio.
I was just having this conversation with my neighbor about whether to home-school or not. Metmom is the expert here on this subject.
Several of my wife’s friends have asked her if she’d be willing to homeschool their children. (She’s homeschooled ours since the early 90s.) She politely declined. I can say it’s so much easier these days, and the curriculum choices are simply astounding, though the quality still varies.
COVID has had at least one positive impact.
Well at least with the Szechuan Sniffles there are less teachers literally screwing our kids.
What is taught in schools is so much more destructive than the actual virus ... still a silver lining.
And let’s give the school tax money back to the parents. The state has no business taxing for nothing rendered. Let the parents buy the books and “instructions” from the state...but teachers are not being paid and that’s where all the damn tax money goes.
Why did she decline the request?
Screwl districts around here are delaying opening because, “far more students are electing virtual instruction than we ever planned for”. Hmmmm? Makes you wonder doesn’t it? I mean, how much extra does it take when more kids plug into online? Is it server space? Is it books? What?
Could it be that they have far too many teachers and don’t know what to do with them all?
I’m ready for something good to come out of this covidcation and covid mess. Something like breaking the back of the liberal if not commie indroctination system known as public screwls.
She works as a realtor, homeschools our last child, and is generally very busy. Homeschooling for us has been very individualized, and our school “schedule” flows around real life—as long as the work gets done; it’s good.
This doesn’t lend itself well to working with others.
“Some are worried their districts are unable to offer a strong virtual learning program.”
Ha, ha! Looks like somebody is trying to cling to control. Here we have online charter schools run privately. No screwl district involved. Both of my Nieces have gone through this system and both have done very well during and after.
We finished with the pubic screwl system 20 years ago and got out just in time for rural Texas. If back then was now we would be home schooling. My wife wanted to home school 30 years ago and I didn’t because of the social aspects and our son already being pretty much an introvert.
I see that most people around here going to University are doing it online and not missing a beat.
Remind me why is it we have all these expensive screwls / indoctrination centers anyway?
In the case of New York, it is an over-reliance on the richest 2-3% of the population who relocated out of the city in March and April. They’re hitting the point where they have to commit to their new addresses with school enrollment. Many are considering enrolling their children where they’ve been living the past few months. This would mean they’re going to STAY there. Then New York City becomes a second home that they may not return to as crime worsens.
The issue is so severe that the elite private schools no longer have waiting lists, while some are offering scholarships and discounts.
It is time for grandparents to get involved and help working parents educate the next generation. Two of our 3 daughters are homeschooling. I am a retired engineer and am helping with STEM.
HS ping.
Quality education vs. babysitting and daycare,
which is worth the investment ?
Encourage mental development by investing in your family.
Encourage family morality, independence, and self-reliance rather than socialistic mediocrity.
"No child left behind", .. while waiting to the slowest child in the class to catch up.
Homeschool co-ops are all the rage right now here in Hellinois. Parents are sick of the schools and bureaucrats, to say nothing of Gubbernor Prickster here in Hellinois mandating "gay history" being taught in the classroom. That's creating an exodus from the publik skools all by itself.
In March all my classes went virtual. No problem! They will continue on-line this fall.
When I retired, I enrolled in our local community college. I study visual arts and photography. I have been doing this for 5 years.
I totally agree. Having grandparents involved is a blessing and the grandkids love it!
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