By O’Dell Isaac [email protected]
COVID-19 turned living rooms into classrooms and parents into de facto teachers across the U.S. for more than a year. But now that the worst days of the pandemic appear to be well in the rearview mirror, a growing number of parents have decided to continue educating their children at home.
According to a study by the Washington Post, homeschooling is the fastest-growing form of education in the U.S., with a 51% increase in the number of homeschooled kids over the past six years. Colorado has seen a 17% jump in homeschooled students during that time span.
In Colorado, the number of homeschooled students has decreased since the 2020-2021 academic year. But in the Pikes Peak region’s largest school districts, more kids are being homeschooled than 2018-2019, the last full school year before the pandemic.