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Podcast: Cascade CounterPoint
Episode: QP: What The New Homeschool Demographic Means For School Choice
Description: Full text: The homeschool landscape is changing. Our approach to school funding should, too.
A recent Washington Post study found that homeschooling is booming in popularity. In districts with available data, the homeschool population has grown on average 51% since the 2017-2018 school year.
Homeschooled students do not come from one ideological, racial, political, or religious background. The reasons families choose homeschooling are also diverse. Homeschoolers come from liberal districts and conservative districts alike, with diverse cultural makeups, pointing to the benefits of homeschooling and other non-traditional education settings for children from all walks of life.