It's Wednesday, November 15, 2023.

I'm Albert Moeller and this is the briefing, a daily analysis of news and events from a Christian worldview.

If you could look all over the nation at the entire educational landscape, say, for K through 12 students,

and you were to look at the most remarkable development in the last several years?

Well, would it surprise you to know that that most remarkable development is a radical surge in homeschooling

families? And now it has reached the front page of the Washington Post in a massive

investigative report. The headline on the front page of the print edition simply

announces Home School Nation, a remarkable rise, form of education has moved from the fringe to

fastest growing in the United States, a post, that means Washington Post data analysis

fines. A team of reporters was on this and frankly they've done a very good job.

They're also honestly shocked.

The Washington Post and others are shocked at the radical growth in homeschooling and

here's the deal. The most radical

increase did not come as a result of COVID. The most radical increase has

actually shown up after COVID. So this is counterintuitive and it's getting the attention of many

people. Now let me tell you the main reason is getting attention. The main

reason is there's big money at stake in education. Public school systems have budgets largely allotted

on the basis of enrollment and so a fall-off in enrollment then this is largely

the same when it comes to federal money going to the states it has a lot to do with how many students are in the system

if the students aren't in the system the systems don't get as much money and never fool yourself

when you're looking at this kind of equation, this kind of issue, particularly at the state and national level, yes, it's about money.

But as much as that is true about governments and departments of education school systems.

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