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NC ranks 4th for the most homeschooled students
More than 10% of the state's students are homeschooled.
Opinion
Fix public schools before demanding more homeschool regulations
I have been homeschooling in North Carolina for 10 years, and many parents have approached me wondering what their homeschool should look like. My answer to their question is that it should reflect your own children’s interests and abilities. I know mine does. However, when a North Carolina state senator suggested we need more regulations...
Opinion
School choice will explode when we rediscover the purpose of education
As more and more of society becomes politicized, institutions suffer, including those geared towards instruction.
Opinion
District closings boost homeschooling
North Carolina is already the homeschooling capital of the United States. Now the attraction of this education option is soaring higher than ever — thanks not to the actions of its proponents but to the antics of its opponents. According to data compiled by the organization EdChoice.org, about 7.6% of elementary and secondary students in...
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Homeschooling champion tells parents sheltering at home: ‘You can do this’
Parents shouldn’t be afraid to homeschool their children, says Sam Sorbo, actress, author, and homeschooling activist. Schools across North Carolina are closed through May 15 to slow the spread of COVID-19. Millions of students were sent home. Parents were given the choice of either waiting for school districts to develop an online learning plan or...
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Enrollment growth continues for home, charter, and private schools
North Carolina continues to see growth in homeschooling, charter schools, and private schools, a recent report from the N.C. Department of Public Instruction says. The report shows more than 80,000 additional students have chosen an educational option beyond their locally assigned district school between 2008 and 2018. Parents cite a variety of reasons to seek...
Opinion
Education seeing ‘unconventional’ growth
Homeschooling is the maverick among North Carolina’s K-12 options. Since its launch three decades ago, homeschooling has bucked convention and stumped prognosticators. Age and experience haven’t tamed its life outside the lines; this unorthodox movement still defies expectations. Yet amid unpredictability, one constant has emerged: Homeschooling is enormously popular. Thirty years ago 809 students were...
Opinion
School choice growth in N.C. impressive
There are many reasons for North Carolinians to be proud of the statewide education reforms implemented over the last five years. The state has made massive investments in K-12 education with a focus on grade-level proficiency in reading. Accountability is stronger. We pay teachers better. School districts have unprecedented budgetary flexibility. The list goes on...
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Rick Henderson on ObamaCare's rate spike; John Skvarla on balancing the environment & economic growth; GOP legislators debate a bill that could make it easier to hire illegal immigrants; Andy Taylor on N.C.'s Senate race; and Terry Stoops on homeschooling
Opinion
Homeschooling Grows Up
No longer in the throes of adolescence, North Carolina’s homeschooling movement celebrated its 20th birthday this year. Much has changed since the General Assembly moved to legalize homeschooling in 1988. Here and across the nation, the homeschooling movement has grown in stature and popularity – defying stereotypes and occasionally, disarming critics.
Opinion
Homeschooling in the nation
WASHINGTON, DC — This report represents the latest survey information on the prevalence of homeschooling in the nation. Using these numbers, the report estimates the number and percentage of homeschooled students in the US.
News
More Black Families Homeschooling
RALEIGH — Thousands of black children across North Carolina are finding their way out of institutionalized education and into the bosom of hearth and home to learn their ABCs and 123s. And the numbers are steadily growing. Nationwide, the numbers of black students homeschooling has topped 120,000. Not only are they five times more likely to be homeschooled as they were five years ago, but the Home School Legal Defense Association web site reported they are “scoring in the upper percentiles right along with white students” on standardized achievement tests.
