The lasting appeal of homeschooling: What motivated families to continue after schools reopened post-pandemic
- Written by Mark E. Wildmon, Assistant Professor of School Psychology, Mississippi State University
A mother leads her 7- and 9-year-old sons in a morning lesson during homeschool in Buffalo, Minn., in September 2023. Nicole Neri for The Washington Post via Getty ImagesWhen schools abruptly closed their doors at the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic in the spring of 2020, millions of students unexpectedly started learning at home, with or without...