Reason ^ | 11/19/25 | JD Tucille Posted on by CFW Last academic year, DIY education grew at nearly three times the average rate it did during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to new research. Whether called homeschooling or DIY education, family-directed learning has been growing in popularity for years in the U. S. alongside disappointment in the rigidity, politicization, and flat-out poor results of traditional public schools. That growth was supercharged during the COVID-19 pandemic when extended closures and bumbled remote learning drove many families to experiment with teaching their own kids. The big question was whether the end of public health controls would also curtail interest in homeschooling. We know now that it didn’t. Americans’ taste for DIY education is on the rise. Homeschooling Grows at Triple the Pre-Pandemic Rate “In the 2024-2025 school year, homeschooling continued to grow across the United States, increasing at an average rate of 5. 4%,” Angela Watson of the Johns Hopkins University School of Education’s Homeschool Hub wrote earlier this month. “This is nearly three times the pre-pandemic homeschooling growth rate of around 2%.” She added that more than a third of the states from which data is available report their highest homeschooling numbers ever, even exceeding the peaks reached when many public and private schools were closed during the pandemic. [snip] Recent estimates put the total homeschooling population at about 6 percent of students across the United States, compared to about 3 percent pre-pandemic. Continued growth necessarily means the share of DIY-educated students is increasing. That’s quite a change for an education approach that was decidedly not mainstream just a generation ago. “This isn’t a pandemic hangover; it’s a fundamental shift in how American families are thinking about education,” comments Watson. (Excerpt) Read more at reason. com . TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Culture/Society; Extended News; Government KEYWORDS: education; government; homeschooling; students Click here: to donate by Credit Card Or here: to donate by PayPal Or by mail to: Free Republic, LLC PO Box 9771 Fresno, CA 93794 Thank you very much and God bless you. More and more parents are choosing homeschooling. Between private schools and homeschooling, soon the only students in government schools will be illegal aliens and those in government housing. 1 posted on by CFW Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by.
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