Joanne Jacobs
The students who never returned
A quarter-million students who left public schools during the pandemic are missing, according to an analysis of 21 states and the...
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Joanne Jacobs
- Feb 8
- 3 min
Do parents know best? ESAs go for robots, rabbits, roping lessons
If a homeschooled child learns to code a toy robot, care for a pet rabbit or take cowboy roping lessons, is that an educational expense?...
Joanne Jacobs
- Jan 25
- 1 min
Choice lets parents find a school that respects their rights
"Families should not be stuck in an education system that actively undermines parental rights and ideologically grooms children, argues...
Joanne Jacobs
- Dec 5, 2022
- 3 min
Why they left district schools -- and aren't coming back
Seven parents tell Washington Post Magazine why they left district-run public schools for private school or homeschooling. "Since 2019,...
Joanne Jacobs
- Nov 15, 2022
- 2 min
Some like it virtual: Will online students learn less?
Enrollment is climbing in virtual schools, even as pandemic fears wane, reports Asher Lehrer-Small on The 74. Online schools saw an...
Joanne Jacobs
- Sep 28, 2022
- 1 min
Homeschoolers try mix-and-match option
Long before Covid-19 closed schools, families were "combining part-time homeschooling with part-time in-person classes, reports Greg...
Joanne Jacobs
- Aug 26, 2022
- 2 min
Parents want choices
Parents want education options, concludes Never Going Back, based on a Mary 22 Harris Poll for the National Alliance for Public Charter...
Joanne Jacobs
- Aug 17, 2022
- 2 min
Education's middle ground is 'vanishing'
When schools closed in 2020, support for schools remained strong, but the public's faith in the quality of their local schools has...
Joanne Jacobs
- Jul 19, 2018
- 1 min
NC parents choose alternatives
North Carolina public schools are losing students to charter schools, private schools and homeschooling, reports T. Keung Hui in the...
Joanne Jacobs
- Jun 3, 2018
- 2 min
Safety fears encourage homeschooling
School safety fears are pushing parents to consider homeschooling, writes Valerie Richardson in the Washington Times. After a gunman...
Joanne Jacobs
- Nov 24, 2017
- 1 min
Why families choose homeschooling
After doubling from 1999 to 2012, the percentage of homeschool students appears to have leveled off at 3.3 percent, reports Sarah Grady...
Joanne Jacobs
- Sep 30, 2017
- 1 min
Vaccinate — or homeschool
Vermont is granting fewer exemptions to its mandatory vaccination law, reports Ed Week‘s Lisa Stark on PBS Newshour. #vaccination #Vermont
Joanne Jacobs
- Mar 9, 2017
- 1 min
5-year-old will compete in national spelling bee
Edith Fuller, 5, will be the youngest person to compete in the Scripps National Spelling Bee. The home-schooled girl spelled “jnana” (a...
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