Kerry McDonald

Associated Press: Homeschooling Rate Remains High, Despite School Reopenings

I spoke this week with a mother who pulled her children out of school in 2020 to give homeschooling a…

4 years ago

From Homeschooler to MIT Professor

Matthew Shoulders grew up in the Appalachian Mountains on a small Virginia farm where he and his five siblings were…

4 years ago

How Hybrid Schools Are Reshaping Education

They’re not exactly schools, but they’re not homeschools either. They have elements of structured curriculum and institutional learning, while offering…

4 years ago

‘Undoctrinate’ Your Kids: Pushing Back Against Classroom and Campus Propaganda

Tolerance of different viewpoints and values is a key principle of a free society, and yet in classrooms and on…

4 years ago

New Data Show the Exodus From Public Schools Is Continuing

This article is excerpted from LiberatED, a weekly email newsletter where FEE Senior Education Fellow Kerry McDonald brings you news…

4 years ago

Why so Many Families Are Uprooting and Fleeing to Freer States

Emily Burns had every intention of staying in Massachusetts. A longtime Boston resident, she and her husband left the city…

4 years ago

Vanderbilt University Study Shows Why Biden’s Universal Government Preschool Program Would Be a Disaster

President Biden’s proposed $2 trillion-plus Build Back Better Act failed to gain US Senate approval in 2021, but efforts remain…

4 years ago

New BBC Analysis Reveals the Tragic Impact COVID Policies Had on Youth Mental Health

During the 2020 lockdowns and prolonged school closures, it was (or at least should have been) no surprise that mental…

4 years ago

Teacher and Mom of Four Launches Mask-Free Learning Center in Response to Parent Demand

The coronavirus response over the past two years has transformed education, putting parents back in the driver’s seat and inspiring…

4 years ago

What Glenn Youngkin’s State Mask Order Gets Right—and Wrong

I don’t like masks, and I especially don’t like mask mandates. That’s why I cheered when the new governor of…

4 years ago

College COVID Policies Are Getting Even More Restrictive

This article is excerpted from LiberatED, a weekly email newsletter where FEE Senior Education Fellow Kerry McDonald brings you news…

4 years ago

It’s 2022, But Many Schools Are Reverting to 2020’s COVID Playbook

It’s 2022 but you’d be forgiven for thinking it’s still 2020—especially if you have children enrolled in K-12 district schooling.…

4 years ago

This Microschool Network Is Booming as Families Flee Government-Run Schools

When Jessica Gregory and her husband moved from the Washington, D.C. area in 2020 to a suburban community north of…

4 years ago

Compulsory Schooling Laws Under Scrutiny in Michigan Following Deadly Tragedy

In the wake of the devastating school shooting in Oxford, Michigan this week that claimed the lives of four teenagers…

4 years ago

New Harvard Study: Homeschoolers Turn Out Happy, Well-Adjusted, and Engaged

Researchers at Harvard University just released findings from their new study showing positive outcomes for homeschooled students. Writing in The…

4 years ago