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General Category => National/Breaking News => Topic started by: libertybele on July 26, 2021, 12:43:54 am

Title: Sparked by pandemic fallout, homeschooling surges across US
Post by: libertybele on July 26, 2021, 12:43:54 am
This is a good thing and perhaps an opportunity to provide FREE history books (true history) to home schooled children as well as books like Limbaugh's "Rush Revere" series, and the "Tuttle Twins" series.  This maybe a chance to partially reverse the liberal indoctrination of our youth.

Sparked by pandemic fallout, homeschooling surges across US

Although the pandemic disrupted family life across the U.S. since taking hold in spring 2020, some parents are grateful for one consequence: They’re now opting to homeschool their children, even as schools plan to resume in-person classes.

The specific reasons vary widely. Some families who spoke with The Associated Press have children with special educational needs; others seek a faith-based curriculum or say their local schools are flawed. The common denominator: They tried homeschooling on what they thought was a temporary basis and found it beneficial to their children.

“That’s one of the silver linings of the pandemic – I don’t think we would have chosen to homeschool otherwise,” said Danielle King of Randolph, Vermont, whose 7-year-old daughter Zoë thrived with the flexible, one-on-one instruction. Her curriculum has included literature, anatomy, even archaeology, enlivened by outdoor excursions to search for fossils...............

https://apnews.com/article/coronavirus-pandemic-homeschooling-2f0ac73aa4b9fbfc5f2179103f1a14c4
Title: Re: Sparked by pandemic fallout, homeschooling surges across US
Post by: mountaineer on July 26, 2021, 02:21:41 am
I agree, this probably is a very good thing for the children, especially those being intellectually abused by public schools.
Title: Re: Sparked by pandemic fallout, homeschooling surges across US
Post by: roamer_1 on July 26, 2021, 05:53:47 am
This is the BEST thing... and surely, an unintended consequence.
Title: Re: Sparked by pandemic fallout, homeschooling surges across US
Post by: Free Vulcan on July 26, 2021, 07:42:27 am
This and working remote have been two big silver linings of the pandemic.
Title: Re: Sparked by pandemic fallout, homeschooling surges across US
Post by: rustynail on July 26, 2021, 10:47:25 am
Soon to be illegal? Or hamstrung with red tape?
Title: Re: Sparked by pandemic fallout, homeschooling surges across US
Post by: mountaineer on July 26, 2021, 02:11:52 pm
Soon to be illegal? Or hamstrung with red tape?
Count on it.
Title: Re: Sparked by pandemic fallout, homeschooling surges across US
Post by: Bigun on July 26, 2021, 02:19:09 pm
This is the BEST thing... and surely, an unintended consequence.

Hopefully, it will catch on to the point that public indoctrination centers will cease to exist.
Title: Re: Sparked by pandemic fallout, homeschooling surges across US
Post by: roamer_1 on July 26, 2021, 02:57:29 pm
Hopefully, it will catch on to the point that public indoctrination centers will cease to exist.

One can only hope...
Title: Re: Sparked by pandemic fallout, homeschooling surges across US
Post by: thackney on July 26, 2021, 03:47:32 pm
This and working remote have been two big silver linings of the pandemic.

My concern with working remote, is that it becomes far easier to outsource that worker to India, China, etc.
Title: Re: Sparked by pandemic fallout, homeschooling surges across US
Post by: IsailedawayfromFR on July 26, 2021, 07:46:53 pm
My concern with working remote, is that it becomes far easier to outsource that worker to India, China, etc.
If one gets the same quality of that resource, why not?

It's called the freedom of the marketplace.