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10% of parents are homeschooling: Can anyone do it?
Can homeschooling parents do as well as professional teachers?

Joanne Jacobs
May 112 min read


Microschool is a charter and a district school -- and a homeschool hybrid
An Indiana school district has launched a charter microschool to attract students who'd otherwise be full-time homeschoolers.

Joanne Jacobs
Mar 63 min read


Anyone can homeschool -- but should they?
Is it really true that "anyone can homeschool?"

Joanne Jacobs
Mar 12 min read


Going, going, gone
Ninety-one percent of families who used Arkansas' voucher program to pay for private or homeschooling have stayed with the program for the third year.

Joanne Jacobs
Oct 10, 20251 min read


Where are they now? Urban public schools see steep fall in enrollment
One third of students in mostly black districts aren't enrolled in traditional public schools.

Joanne Jacobs
Sep 25, 20252 min read


What do parents want? Public schools are competing for students
Public schools don't have a monopoly any more. Parents are using taxpayer-funded school choice to find alternatives.

Joanne Jacobs
Aug 6, 20253 min read


Homeschool keeps growing -- and becoming more diverse
Homeschooling has attracted a broader mix of parents.

Joanne Jacobs
Jul 11, 20251 min read


How do homeschoolers turn out?
Long-term homeschoolers are less likely to earn a bachelor's degree and earn less than non-homeschoolers, but they're happier.

Joanne Jacobs
Feb 10, 20251 min read


The pandemic's over, but homeschooling is still rising
Homeschooling soared when schools were closed, dropped for two years, and is now increasing again.

Joanne Jacobs
Feb 10, 20251 min read


No return to normal: Homeschooling is still growing
Homeschooling surged during the pandemic, and continues to grow.

Joanne Jacobs
Sep 25, 20242 min read


Special ed is failing: With no time to meet diverse needs, teachers lower expectations
Overwhelmed by the number of students with different needs, teachers tend to lower expectations, writes veteran teacher.

Joanne Jacobs
Sep 19, 20242 min read


A la carte learning in Florida
Alicia Garcia was a part-time cooking teacher before the pandemic closed Florida schools, writes Ron Matus on Next Steps. Now the former...

Joanne Jacobs
Sep 8, 20241 min read


Union-backed group claims choice is 'rooted in racism'
The union-backed Partnership for the Future of Learning has launched an anti-choice campaign charging that "voucher programs" are "deeply...

Joanne Jacobs
Jan 22, 20242 min read


Missing: 87,000 students
California's public schools have "lost" 87,000 students, according to an analysis by Thomas Dee, a Stanford professor, and AP. An...

Joanne Jacobs
Dec 20, 20232 min read


Black homeschoolers plan microschool, if Texas OKs ESAs
Texas may provide $10,400 per student for parent-directed education, if Gov. Greg Abbott can push a compromise bill through a third...

Joanne Jacobs
Nov 3, 20232 min read


Homeschoolers are more diverse, less conservative
Many families that tried homeschooling during the pandemic are still at it. As a result, post-pandemic homeschoolers are "more racially...

Joanne Jacobs
Sep 27, 20232 min read


For failing students, lockdown was freedom, school is 'prison'
School is "like being in prison," says 14-year-old Kieran, who has dyslexia and ADHD. He prefers doing physical labor with his father....

Joanne Jacobs
Sep 9, 20232 min read


Homeschooling is so much work
In Hard Lessons from a Veteran Homeschooler, Larissa Phillips talks about the challenges of educating her two children in rural New York....

Joanne Jacobs
Aug 21, 20233 min read


DIY schooling leaves home: Microschools, co-ops, hybrids, pods ...
When schools went remote, many parents took charge of their children's education, and learned how to find online and community resources,...

Joanne Jacobs
Aug 21, 20232 min read


Competing for kindergarteners
Kindergarten enrollment has fallen by 17 percent in the last six years in district school in New York City, reports the New York Post. In...

Joanne Jacobs
Aug 8, 20232 min read
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