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Homeschooling surge continues despite schools reopening
Originally published by ValleyCentral.com. EDINBURG, Texas (ValleyCentral) — The U.S. Census Bureau released the results of the Household Pulse Survey. It showed home school students have more than doubled in the last two years. For Texas, it has tripled. Homeschooling is a legal instructional option in all 50 states and national homeschooling rates grew rapidly […]
May 17, 2022
The Future of Education with Michael B. Horn
John Edelson, president and founder of Time4Learning, joined me to talk about the durability of the spike in homeschooling since the start of the pandemic and what lessons educators and schools can learn from homeschoolers. Watch on Youtube or listen to the Podcast.
April 27, 2022
Daily Inspiration: Meet John Edelson
Originally published by VoyageMIA. Today we’d like to introduce you to John Edelson. Hi John, can you start by introducing yourself? We’d love to learn more about how you got to where you are today? From my 20s into my mid 30s/40s, I worked for high-tech, high-growth companies. I started at Silicon Graphics where we […]
April 21, 2022
Family of 5 switches to homeschool to travel the world together
Originally published by 11Alive. The percentage of Georgia parents who switched to homeschool has more than doubled since the pandemic started. MILTON, Ga. — The percentage of Georgia parents who have pulled their kids out of public school and made the switch to homeschool has more than doubled since the pandemic — skyrocketing from 7% […]
March 9, 2022
More Georgia families than ever are making the switch to homeschooling, data shows
Originally published by 11Alive. In 2020, the percentage of Georgia parents who pulled their kids out of public school altogether to homeschool instead shot from seven to 16 percent. ATLANTA — More families than ever are turning to homeschooling, according to United States Census data. Many have cited learning loss concerns and the whiplash of […]
March 8, 2022
At 13, Naperville Full-Time Dancer Balances Passion With School
Originally published by the Naperville Patch. NAPERVILLE, IL — Natalia Garcia understands that anything worth doing is worth doing well. But she also knows that anything doing well requires serious time and dedication. Devoting herself to her love of dance has never been an issue for the Naperville eighth grader who splits her time rehearsing […]
February 23, 2022
Pivotal Conversations: The Homeschool Movement
Originally published by The Edvocate. Over the last two to three decades, the homeschooling movement has grown exponentially. What factors have led to this? Is it sustainable? Is homeschooling a viable means of educating your children? To gain more insight, I decided to interview John Edelson, CEO of Time for Learning, a leading homeschooling curriculum […]
January 17, 2022
Illinois homeschooling on the rise
Originally published by Axios Chicago. National Public Radio recently reported that public school enrollment across the nation continues to decline. Why it matters: This includes the loss of 10,000 students at Chicago Public Schools this year after losing 14,000 the previous school year. Researchers told NPR that some parents are delaying pre-K and kindergarten enrollment, […]
January 4, 2022
12,000 students leave Broward Schools as pandemic continues
Originally published by sun-sentinel.com. About 12,000 students have left the Broward County school system in the past 18 months, moving to other districts, private schools, home-schooling — or just missing without explanation. The drop surprised school officials who expected enrollment to rise as students returned to buildings after months of learning remotely during the COVID-19 […]
September 19, 2021
12,000 estudiantes abandonan las escuelas de Broward mientras continúa la pandemia
Publicado originalmente por OrlandoSentinel.com. Aproximadamente 12,000 estudiantes han abandonado el sistema escolar del condado de Broward en los últimos 18 meses, mudándose a otros distritos, escuelas privadas, educación en el hogar, o simplemente han dejado de ir a la escuela sin dar explicación. La caída sorprendió a los funcionarios escolares que esperaban que la inscripción […]
September 19, 2021
