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Homeschooling hits record numbers

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216 points bilsbie | 1 comments | 21 Nov 25 00:31 UTC | HN request time: 0.208s | source
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csense ◴[21 Nov 25 02:04 UTC] No.46000402[source]▶
Anecdotally, two factors at work here:

- Schools have stopped educating in favor of test metrics, making sure the worst students pass, and pushing borderline indoctrination of controversial, left-ish values.

- With remote education during the pandemic, people have more visibility into their school's day-to-day teaching.

It's hard to fix the US education system by political means. If you have the ability to do so, it's comparatively much easier to pull your kids out and homeschool them.

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ponooqjoqo ◴[21 Nov 25 04:22 UTC] No.46001208[source]▶
> pushing borderline indoctrination of controversial, left-ish values

Which values? I haven't gone to school in a long time.

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VohuMana ◴[21 Nov 25 19:23 UTC] No.46007915[source]▶
I am very curious too, I’ve asked this to other friends who have mentioned the same thing and the only concrete answer I have got so far was teaching the theory of evolution and climate change.
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1. MathMonkeyMan ◴[22 Nov 25 01:18 UTC] No.46011148[source]▶
It's usually evolution or sex or race or something like that.

One of my friends was home schooled. It was at least partly about religious values, but I think it was also partly about him being a bit of a strange kid and getting along better at home. He went back to public schools in middle school, and that was real rough but I think he was happy by the time he got to high school.

I'm sure there are many reasons to home school, but the one I hear about most is religious.