Homeschooling Surging in America
Danielle King of Randolph, Vermont, whose 7-year-old daughter Zoë thrived with the flexible, one-on-one instruction noted, "That's one of the silver linings of the pandemic - I don't think we would have chosen to homeschool otherwise." Her curriculum has included literature, anatomy, even archaeology, enlivened by outdoor excursions to search for fossils. The surge has been confirmed by the U.S. Census Bureau, which reported in March that the rate of households homeschooling their children rose to 11% by September 2020, more than doubling from 5.4% just six months earlier. Black households saw the largest jump; their homeschooling rate rose from 3.3% in the spring of 2020 to 16.1% in the fall. |
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