Homeschooling Is ‘America’s Fastest Growing Form of Education,’ Experts Say, by Sarah Holliday

By Sarah Holliday, Patriot Post, (Washington Stand), Nov. 2, 2023

Sarah Holliday is a reporter at The Washington Stand.

The spike in homeschooling is both good and necessary.

Since the 2017-2018 school year, the number of parents homeschooling has increased dramatically. With the rise has come pushback from state educators like Hillsborough County School Board member Lynn Gray who said parents don’t have “any understanding of education.” As far as Gray is concerned, this increase in homeschooling is going to hurt society. In my view, homeschooling is not an easy choice, but it is often far more rewarding. This isn’t coming from the perspective of a biased parent, but from a biased child who has experienced both homeschool and public school.

I was homeschooled until 8th grade. Even then, my middle school was very small on an American army base in Germany. Life up to this point was vibrant and full of enriching experiences, since my parents involved me and my siblings in activities in church, sports, choir, theater, and co-ops. I learned a lot from my mom’s teaching. My experiences contradict the stigma that homeschooling hurts a child’s social skills or hinders their learning. For me, it wasn’t until I was enrolled in a much larger high school in the U.S. that it became harder to be as involved in the community. …

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