Thanks To Coronavirus Panic, 1 In 10 American Families Is Now Home-Schoolinghttps://thefederalist.com/2020/09/03/thanks-to-coronavirus-panic-1-in-10-american-families-is-now-home-schooling/Gallup released the results of a new poll on K-12 education last week, reflecting the post-COVID-19 landscape. Entitled “K-12 Parents’ Satisfaction with Child’s Education Slips,†the summary buried the lede in the bullet points: “[P]ercentage of K-12 parents homeschooling this year has doubled, to 10%.†You read that right. Gallup’s data suggests that, since last year, the home-school community in America has doubled in size. One in every 10 families with school-age children is now home-schooling.
The poll was careful not to conflate remote public-school instruction with true home-schooling. “Will your oldest child attend public, private, parochial, charter school — either in person or remotely — or will they home-school this year?†Gallup asked. “By ‘home-school,’ we mean not enrolled in a formal school, but taught at home.â€
I'm a poll-skeptic, but since no political candidate or issue are in view in this and since the MSM have generally been down on homeschooling, these results might be real-ish.
FWIW, usage of "homeschooling", "home schooling", or "home-schooling" varied back in the late 80s when we began homeschooling, and (obviously) still does. We picked "homeschooling" because, well, no special reason.
