Homeschooling Continues To Surge In Black Households Despite In-Class Return

Essence Magazine:

By Rayna Reid ·Updated April 15, 2022

Over the course of the global COVID-19 pandemic, homeschooling numbers began to surge in the U.S. “Two years later, even after schools reopened and vaccines became widely available, many parents have chosen to continue directing their children’s educations themselves,” The Associated Press reports.

Data before the pandemic shows that the number of U.S. students being homeschooled was approximately 3%; however, that number increased by 63%

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