Why Homeschool

Mission statement: On this blog we explore why homeschooling can be a better option for children and families than a traditional classroom setting. We'll also explore homeschooling issues in general, educational thoughts, family issues, and some other random stuff.

Thursday, November 20, 2025

Looks like homeschooling is exploding!!!

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 "According to the Johns Hopkins Institute, using census data, about 2.8% of children were homeschooled in 2019. That number is now clo...
Wednesday, July 23, 2025

Hopefully the Federal Department of Education will finally be gone!

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 Good news! Having the Federal government involved in public education has harmed our children.  Having a few bureaucrats in Washington DC d...
Monday, February 03, 2025

The Federal Government will be more friendly to homeschooling

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Looks like the President Trump administration will be friendly to homeschooling ! 
Friday, May 31, 2024

Parents should recognize the importance of why we need to teach our children

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Nick Freitas has a great message for parents.
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Wednesday, February 14, 2024

Ted talk - How to make learning as addictive as social media

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 Luis von Ahn explains why and how he helped develop Duolingo:
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Sunday, December 31, 2023

Happy New Year

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 We how everyone had a wonderful Christmas. And we wish you the best in the new year.
Thursday, November 23, 2023

Happy Thanksgiving

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 We wish everyone a Happy Thanksgiving.
Thursday, December 29, 2022

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year

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 We hope everyone had a good Christmas. And we wish you the best in the New Year!
Tuesday, June 28, 2022

Arizona gives parents choice in where their chidlren go to school

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 This is good news. https://redstate.com/carcand/2022/06/28/arizona-secures-the-biggest-school-choice-victory-in-u-s-history-n585353
Thursday, January 06, 2022

Happy New Years!

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 I hope everyone had a good Christmas and best wishes for the new year.
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Wednesday, November 10, 2021

Let Parents Choose

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 I like John Stossel's column on school choice .
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Tuesday, August 03, 2021

More data on how homeschooling is growing

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  Number of students being homeschooled in Colorado more than doubles starts with: DENVER (KDVR) — New data from the U.S. Census Bureau sho...
Tuesday, July 27, 2021

Percentage of children being homeschooled has doubled through Covid!

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Just The News reports : The percentage of children being homeschooled in the U.S. has nearly doubled since the start of the COVID-19, accord...
Monday, April 05, 2021

Students do better when parents have more choices

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  In Free to choose -- and learn , Joanne Jacobs reports on a study which found that: "The more a state provides parents with the free...
Wednesday, February 17, 2021

How big will the parent revolt be against teacher unions?

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  It will be interesting to see where the parent backlash against the teacher unions goes. Parents are pushing harder to have their children...
Friday, January 08, 2021

Teaching your children to pass the Marshmallow test

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 I like John Stossel's video on Parenting: Delayed Gratification: If you haven't heard of the Marshmallow test, we wrote about it ...
Tuesday, January 05, 2021

More evidence that higher education is suffering

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Colleges Have Shed 550,000 Employees Since The Pandemic Began has a nice chart showing a huge drop.   This line is fascinating:  Colleges H...
Friday, December 25, 2020

We wish you a Merry Christmas

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 We wish you all a Merry Christmas.
Monday, December 21, 2020

Around 9% of children are now being homeschooled!

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Reason's column on Public Schools Are Losing Their Captive Audience of Children reports that: Homeschooling, in particular, is booming....
Thursday, November 26, 2020

A fun way to take care of litter

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This is pretty clever:
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Happy Thanksgiving

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 I hope everyone has a good Thanksgiving.
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Wednesday, November 25, 2020

I felt a disturbance in the force - Colleges Have Shed 10% Of Their Employees Since The Pandemic Began

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This is a pretty big shift in higher education. Colleges Have Shed 10% Of Their Employees Since The Pandemic Began links to: Chronicle of H...
Monday, October 19, 2020

Freshmen Enrollment Is Down 16% This Fall

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Freshmen Enrollment Is Down 16% This Fall  links to a post at the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center which reports: Enrollment...
Thursday, October 08, 2020

I liked Stossel's report on Private School Success Around the World

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 I think the trend to homeschooling and private school will be accelerated by Covid.   John Stossel did a good report on Private School Succ...
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Thursday, September 17, 2020

Has homeschooling hit a tipping point?

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 Reason argues Homeschooling Hits a Tipping Point .  The article starts with: With the public school year underway nationwide—or else delaye...
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