I’m a mom of two children, and I’m not sure which homeschooling community I belong to

The more I’ve been immersed in the homeschool community, the more aware I have grown of how divided we are.

We're not the monolith that Trump seemed to imply in his speech, or that the media or general public seem to imagine.

But there are times when we want to find our people, who are lefties and progressive, who care about social and environmental justice.

A recent survey revealed that while homeschooling numbers peaked in 2020 during the pandemic and then briefly dropped again, they have continued to rise compared to pre-pandemic levels.

Homeschooling is in fact, “the fastest growing form of education,” according to a Washington Post survey, rising by 52% in 2023 compared to 2017-18 levels.

The fastest growing groups of homeschoolers are no longer white, but Latino and Black families are also helping to bust the myth that home education is only for white, privileged families.

Francesca Liberatore : Trump 's pitch to homeschooling families is the opposite of that: It is a promise to do away with a system of public care that is more needed than ever.