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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
Feb 8, 20233 min read


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
Jan 25, 20231 min read


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
Dec 5, 20223 min read


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
Nov 15, 20222 min read


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
Sep 28, 20221 min read


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 26, 20222 min read


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
Aug 17, 20222 min read


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
Jul 19, 20181 min read


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
Jun 3, 20182 min read


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
Nov 24, 20171 min read
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
Sep 29, 20171 min read
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...

Joanne Jacobs
Mar 9, 20171 min read
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