Covid crisis surprise: More parents consider home schooling
For some, the covid crisis has been overwhelming, not just because of fears and mask controversies, but because the kids are home. All the time. And, now, mom, dad, or both are the teacher.
But for some, home schooling is now an option, when it was never before considered.
Some parents have been forced to remake their work schedules or even quit their jobs to take care of kids and teach children at home. Still, in a study by Real Clear Education, about 40 percent said they were more likely to home school after the pandemic ends.
Interestingly, Democrats (45 percent) were slightly more interested in home schooling than Republicans (42 percent).
In the same study, 36 percent of whites said they were more likely to choose home schooling. About 38 percent of Hispanics said the same. That number was higher for blacks (50.4 percent) and Asian Americans (53.8 percent).
Other parents are concerned about the safety of their children at school. A poll of employed Americans ages 22-54 conducted by Bustle and Luminary found that nearly 80 percent of respondents were concerned about the safety of sending their children back to school.
Prior to the covid crisis, research by the US Department of Education found that in 2012, the most common reasons for home schooling were:
– Safety, drugs, negative peer pressure.
– Moral instruction.
– Dissatisfaction with academic curriculum.
– Desire to provide religious instruction.
