A Significant Change in Education Demographics
 
A Significant Change in Education Demographics
Written By Micah Clark   |   07.29.21
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The number of kids who home school is slightly lower as my two head off to college in a few weeks. However, this is certainly no dent in home education. A new report finds that even though many public schools will soon reopen for in-person instruction, the percentage of parents who are choosing to educate their children has jumped dramatically.

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the percent of students who will be educated at home has doubled from 5.4 percent in the spring of 2020 to 11.1 percent today. Prior to the pandemic, the number was 3.3 percent. The Bureau distinguished between households that were reporting true home education rather than virtual or remote learning from a public school.

Interestingly, one of the biggest surges is among African American families where the rate has jumped from 3.3 percent to 16.1 percent.   

“The global Covid-19 pandemic has sparked new interest in homeschooling and the appeal of alternative school arrangements has suddenly exploded,” wrote Casey Eggleston and Jason Fields for the Census Bureau.

One also has to wonder if the things many parents have observed remotely, such as critical race theory or radical sexual ideologies, have caused more to want to ensure that their values are being conveyed to their children rather than being undermined by leftist activists in the schools.


This article was originally published by AFA of Indiana.

Micah Clark
In 1989 Micah Clark graduated from Southwest Baptist University in Bolivar, Missouri with a bachelor’s degree in Political Science. Micah interned as a member of the Indiana House of Representatives’ Republican staff and later became an Assistant Campaign Manager for a State Senator. Micah then served as a legislative assistant for Citizens Concerned for the Constitution. He served as the Indiana Family Institute’s Director of Public Policy, and later as its Executive Director, throughout the 1990’s. Micah is the only person to have served with all three of Indiana’s top statewide pro-family organizations. In November 2001, Micah became the Executive...
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