The proportion of American families home schooling at least 1 child grew from 5.4% to 11%

[Anonymous]

https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2022-01-21/the-pandemic-pushed-more-families-to-homeschool-many-are-sticking-with-it

During the pandemic, a growing number of families in California and across the U.S. have chosen to home school their children. The reasons for doing so are diverse, complex and span the socioeconomic and political spectrums: Schools implementing too many COVID-19 safety protocols, or too few. The polarizing conversation around critical race theory. Neurodivergent kids struggling with virtual instruction. And an overall waning faith in the public school system.

The proportion of American families home schooling at least one child grew from 5.4% in spring 2020 to 11.1% in fall 2021, according to a U.S. Census Bureau analysis. The number of Black families choosing to home school increased five-fold during that time, from 3.3% to 16.1%.

[Anonymous]

I was homeschooling my kids before it was cool. Maybe now it will be more accepted and less stereotyped?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I was homeschooling my kids before it was cool. Maybe now it will be more accepted and less stereotyped?

I hope so. I don't homeschool my children, but I've considered it. My mom is venimenytly against it as she thinks her grankids will turn out weird. It would be nice to drop the stereotypes and support each family's decision.

[Anonymous]

I don’t know about CA buy many states have very lax tules about homeschooling. I just got a new student last week who was “homeschooled.” He is in 2nd grade and after assessing him, he knows 3 letters names and 2 sounds. He can’t recognize his name in print. He can rote count up to about 15 and doesn’t have consistent one-to-one correspondence when counting objects. He’s below the BOY kindergarten expectations. Homeschooling can just mean that the kids aren’t enrolled in a school.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I don’t know about CA buy many states have very lax tules about homeschooling. I just got a new student last week who was “homeschooled.” He is in 2nd grade and after assessing him, he knows 3 letters names and 2 sounds. He can’t recognize his name in print. He can rote count up to about 15 and doesn’t have consistent one-to-one correspondence when counting objects. He’s below the BOY kindergarten expectations. Homeschooling can just mean that the kids aren’t enrolled in a school.

Highly unlikely in the DMV.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I don’t know about CA buy many states have very lax tules about homeschooling. I just got a new student last week who was “homeschooled.” He is in 2nd grade and after assessing him, he knows 3 letters names and 2 sounds. He can’t recognize his name in print. He can rote count up to about 15 and doesn’t have consistent one-to-one correspondence when counting objects. He’s below the BOY kindergarten expectations. Homeschooling can just mean that the kids aren’t enrolled in a school.

Highly unlikely in the DMV.

This is in Baltimore County, MD.

[Anonymous]

Oh good more idiots raising idiots

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I was homeschooling my kids before it was cool. Maybe now it will be more accepted and less stereotyped?

I hope so. I don't homeschool my children, but I've considered it. My mom is venimenytly against it as she thinks her grankids will turn out weird. It would be nice to drop the stereotypes and support each family's decision.

Yikes. Maybe reconsider.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I don’t know about CA buy many states have very lax tules about homeschooling. I just got a new student last week who was “homeschooled.” He is in 2nd grade and after assessing him, he knows 3 letters names and 2 sounds. He can’t recognize his name in print. He can rote count up to about 15 and doesn’t have consistent one-to-one correspondence when counting objects. He’s below the BOY kindergarten expectations. Homeschooling can just mean that the kids aren’t enrolled in a school.

Maybe disability?

[Anonymous]

Supplementing at home is a form of homeschooling.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I don’t know about CA buy many states have very lax tules about homeschooling. I just got a new student last week who was “homeschooled.” He is in 2nd grade and after assessing him, he knows 3 letters names and 2 sounds. He can’t recognize his name in print. He can rote count up to about 15 and doesn’t have consistent one-to-one correspondence when counting objects. He’s below the BOY kindergarten expectations. Homeschooling can just mean that the kids aren’t enrolled in a school.

Maybe disability?

Possibly but his older sibling told her teacher that their mom didn't teach them. They just played and watched stuff on their tablets.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I don’t know about CA buy many states have very lax tules about homeschooling. I just got a new student last week who was “homeschooled.” He is in 2nd grade and after assessing him, he knows 3 letters names and 2 sounds. He can’t recognize his name in print. He can rote count up to about 15 and doesn’t have consistent one-to-one correspondence when counting objects. He’s below the BOY kindergarten expectations. Homeschooling can just mean that the kids aren’t enrolled in a school.

I know plenty of "public schooled" 4th graders who can't correctly spell Kindergarten sight words and don't know the difference between a noun and a verb. According to fcps standards, those 4th gaders would be on grade level! Just because homeschoolers may choose to focus on skills and abilities in a different order than some public school curriculums, doesn't mean the homeshooled child isn't learning. Finland doesn't even start academic learning until age 7! More than likely the skills that the homeschooled child learned from being homeschooled will pay off much greater in time than whatever benefit comes from forcing 4 and 5 years olds to learn to read and perform symbolic math in K.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Supplementing at home is a form of homeschooling.

Yes, it's referred to as after schooling. I did that for 2 years before finally giving homeschooling a try. My child has thrived academically, socially and psychologically. He went from 7 hours in school with 2 hours after schooling each day to completing all subjects within 5 hours, including lunch and breaks.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I don’t know about CA buy many states have very lax tules about homeschooling. I just got a new student last week who was “homeschooled.” He is in 2nd grade and after assessing him, he knows 3 letters names and 2 sounds. He can’t recognize his name in print. He can rote count up to about 15 and doesn’t have consistent one-to-one correspondence when counting objects. He’s below the BOY kindergarten expectations. Homeschooling can just mean that the kids aren’t enrolled in a school.

Highly unlikely in the DMV.

This is in Baltimore County, MD.

Umm...this sounds like plenty of 2nd graders this year. These kids were forced into virtual learning in Kindergarten! Nothing surprising here.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I don’t know about CA buy many states have very lax tules about homeschooling. I just got a new student last week who was “homeschooled.” He is in 2nd grade and after assessing him, he knows 3 letters names and 2 sounds. He can’t recognize his name in print. He can rote count up to about 15 and doesn’t have consistent one-to-one correspondence when counting objects. He’s below the BOY kindergarten expectations. Homeschooling can just mean that the kids aren’t enrolled in a school.

Highly unlikely in the DMV.

This is in Baltimore County, MD.

Umm...this sounds like plenty of 2nd graders this year. These kids were forced into virtual learning in Kindergarten! Nothing surprising here.

If there are plenty of 2nd graders who don't know letters or sounds and can't count to 20, blame their parents. Come on! That's what 3-4 yr olds know.