Attention

The opinions expressed by columnists are their own and do not represent our advertisers

Friday, August 15, 2014

Common Core Anger Triggers Homeschooling Surge in North Carolina

Number of homeschools has jumped 27 percent since the 2011-12 school year...

North Carolina officials say there has been a huge increase over the past two years in the number of Tar Heel families who have pulled their kids out of public schools and begun educating them at home.

The number of homeschools has jumped 27 percent since the 2011-12 school year,NewsObserver.com reports.

As of last year, 98,172 North Carolinian children were homeschooled; that’s 2,400 students more than the number who attended a private school.

While the sputtering economy is the reason families are choosing homeschooling over private schooling, the nationalized learning experiment (Common Core) is the main reason families are leaving the public schools in the first place.

Read more

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

I've suspected that was the goal when CC was created.schools are being replaced now and then,but no new ones are being built.Displacing as many students as possible would alleviate what appears to be an overflow both in student numbers and resources needed.

Anonymous said...

Your are correct 9:14 , this will give minorities a little education so they can at least flip burgers or cut grass. They don't realize it yet , but , public education is at a downhill trend and won't be an accepted education for most colleges in the near future.
Let's face it , counting with your fingers and toes won't get it after 12 years of school or reading Humpty Dumpty .