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Opinion
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…
Read More » 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…
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Opinion
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…
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Opinion
‘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…
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In Education
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…
Read More » 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…
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Opinion
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…
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Entertainment, Health and Lifestyle
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…
Read More » 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…
Read More »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…
Read More »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…
Read More »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.…
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Opinion
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…
Read More » 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…
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In The News
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…
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