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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Public school enrollment declined and homeschooling exploded as a result of the pandemic.  I expect we’ll see more articles that cast homeschooling in a negative light as part of an effort to either discourage additional parents from pulling their kids out of public school or lure some that tried homeschooling back, or both.  There’s too many dollars at stake for public schools not to fight to regain the lost enrollment.[/quote]

Agree. I've been on forums, blogs and facebook groups researching homeschooling. I've seen more than enough comments saying schools only takes 2 hours.

How does school only take 2 hours?[/quote]

In the lower grades, you certainly can accomplish daily lessons in 2 hours. Homeschooling and one on one educating is extraordinarily efficient.[/quote]

I have homeschooled preschool through middle and here’s my take: Kindergarten takes no more than 2 hours at most of direct instruction and that’s pretty generous. You can accomplish a significant amount and your child will learn far above public schools and become very literate at a very rapid pace. Same with first grade. My older elementary children work about 3-4 hours. Middle schooler about 4 hours. And they are getting a tremendous amount of academics because there is no wasted time, no busy work, etc. I have three older children back in public school and I’ve seen a huge regression in skills, which is disheartening. My younger two will homeschool until 4th grade when reading and writing skills are better cemented. There’s a serious misconception that homeschoolers do less and are isolated from others. While it’s true my kids that are currently homeschooling aren’t around other children all day long each day, they do lots of extracurriculars, attend a co op and see friends during the school day.

I also agree that there will be a national movement to cast homeschooling in a negative light to try and get kids back into public school for the funding. Maybe if they worked harder to provide high quality education, then it would be easy for people like me to send our children in the first place. And I’m not religious, just a mom who is dismayed with her local public schools. [/quote]

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