{"id":245563,"date":"2021-05-08T16:07:18","date_gmt":"2021-05-08T13:07:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/more-parents-than-ever-turn-from-public-schools-to-homeschool\/"},"modified":"2021-05-08T16:07:18","modified_gmt":"2021-05-08T13:07:18","slug":"more-parents-than-ever-turn-from-public-schools-to-homeschool","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/more-parents-than-ever-turn-from-public-schools-to-homeschool\/","title":{"rendered":"#More parents than ever turn from public schools to homeschool"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#More parents than ever turn from public schools to homeschool<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

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During the COVID-19 pandemic, millions of American families have helped teach their own kids from home. But in 2019, even before the coronavirus hit, a record-breaking 2.5 million US children were being homeschooled.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Homeschooling used to be seen as a fringe religious phenomenon, and any parent will tell you it\u2019s a lot of work. Some parents homeschool all the way from pre-K through high school, while others take it up for only a year or two, but overall, homeschooling families are more diverse than ever, with a growing share being non-white and not religiously motivated.\u00a0<\/p>\n

From 2013-2016, I interviewed homeschooling parents and attended conferences and conventions to understand what\u2019s driving this trend. I discovered that powerful and shifting cultural beliefs about childhood, parenting and education are all leading to the uptick in kids being taught at home.\u00a0<\/p>\n

First, kids are increasingly learning about sex education, LGBTQ+ issues, and topics related to racial justice in schools, and parents on both sides of the political spectrum say they were dissatisfied with how these topics were taught. Some said their kids were exposed to too much about gender and sexuality, like Sharon*, who argued that schools \u201care pushing the kids to accept alternative lifestyles, but they don\u2019t want you to teach about a heterosexual lifestyle.\u201d Other parents felt that public schools didn\u2019t teach children enough about sexuality, like Raya, who was frustrated with abstinence-only sex education, saying that teaching kids \u201cthat you expect them to abstain, is guaranteeing that they will not come and talk to you if they are thinking about [sex].\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Many parents are dissatisfied with how subjects like sex education and racial justice are taught at public schools.<\/figcaption>
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Other parents felt public schools stifled children\u2019s ability to develop their own identities. Shannon, for example, said she thought homeschooling \u201callows young people to find their sexuality in a more freeing environment.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

Many moms and dads I interviewed also said they felt public schools were inflexible and standardized, and that teachers were either unwilling, or unable, to customize their children\u2019s education, revealing a pervasive cultural belief in children\u2019s uniqueness. Veronica, for example, felt that \u201cthe way they\u2019re teaching towards the test now\u201d stunts a child\u2019s \u201ccreativity and natural desire to learn.\u201d She added that public school children are \u201call treated the same,\u201d rather than having an education that is \u201cmore individualized.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Homeschool parents overwhelmingly believe they know their children better than anyone, and are therefore ideally suited to educate their kids in a tailored way. One mother, Erica, said, \u201cwe felt like I was perfectly capable \u2014 and perhaps, as her mom, even more capable \u2014 to be [our daughter\u2019s] primary teacher.\u201d Another, Danielle, said she asked herself, \u201cwho had a better vested interest in my son\u2019s well-being and his education than me?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

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The emerging concept of school choice has also fueled the trend. There was a time when Americans used to think public schools should all provide the same basic education for the nation\u2019s children, but over the last few decades, that has shifted to the belief that schools can and should be different so families can choose the best app<\/a>roach for their kids. With the rise of charter schools and magnet schools, homeschooling is increasingly seen as just one more educational choice. As Jacqui, who has taught her own kids for over a decade, told me, homeschooling is \u201cmainstream now .\u2009.\u2009. just another option.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

Given the forces at work, it\u2019s likely the homeschooling trend will only continue to grow. As Angie told me, over the next ten years, \u201cthere\u2019ll be more people doing it, and more acceptance,\u201d especially as \u201c[public] schools are only going to become more crowded and less popular.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

Dr. Kate Henley Averett is Assistant Professor of Sociology at the University at Albany, SUNY. Her book \u201cThe Homeschool Choice: Parents and the Privatization of Education<\/a>\u201d is out now from NYU Press. *All parents\u2019 names have been changed.<\/em>\n <\/div>\n

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