Synopsis

The article reports that homeschooling (“DIY education”) achieved record levels in the 2024-2025 school year, growing at an average 5.4% rate—nearly three times the pre-pandemic pace—with more than a third of states hitting all-time highs despite brief post-COVID dips in some areas. It attributes the sustained surge to families’ lasting dissatisfaction with traditional public schools’ rigidity, performance, and pandemic responses, shifting homeschooling from a niche to a mainstream option now encompassing about 6% of U.S. students. Citing state data, academic reports, and surveys, the piece frames this as a resilient, fundamental change in education preferences, with implications for shrinking public school enrollment over time.

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https://reason.com/2025/11/19/homeschooling-hits-record-numbers

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