EXODUS: Texas Families are Fleeing Public Schools in Favor of Homeschooling
Dan Andros : Sep 11, 2020
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Pray for all parents making difficult decisions right now in how to educate their children.
[Faithwire.com] According to the Texas Home School Coalition, the number of families pulling their kids out of public schools in favor of homeschooling has soared an astonishing 300% during the month of August. (Image: Pixabay)
This time last year saw 1,044 families opt out of the public school system while this year that number has ballooned to 4,055. The primary reason for the dramatic dropout rate appears to be the plan schools have put in place to deal with Coronavirus.
The spike, the group reported, stems directly from the Texas Education Agency's (TEA) pandemic schooling guidelines sparking a mass exodus from the public school system as parents opt to teach their children at home over enrolling them in a digitized, remote state-run classroom... Subscribe for free to Breaking Christian News here
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