This is why home schooling in Texas is taking off. It is being reported that home schooling in Texas has jumped 228% in the state over 20 years. Link here. This is from Bexar County, Texas, the county of San Antonio:
SAN ANTONIO – New data from the Texas Home School Coalition (THSC) shows a breakdown of all homeschool withdrawals from Texas public schools since 1997 and, based on the numbers, Northside and North East Independent School Districts in San Antonio had some of the highest withdrawal rates in Texas.
“Between 1997-2019, withdrawals from public schools to homeschool in Texas increased 228% compared to a 41% increase in public school enrollment over the same period,” the THSC report found.
The map of Texas school districts shows that between 1997 and 2018, both school districts had the third and fifth highest withdrawal rates.
Top five districts with the number of withdrawn students from 1997 to 2018:
- Houston ISD - 9,776 students
- Cypress-Fairbanks ISD - 8,040 students
- Northside ISD - 7,513 students
- Conroe ISD - 6,204 students
- North East ISD - 4,907 students
It’s worth noting, NEISD and NISD frequently rank among the top school districts in the Bexar County area.
Earlier I mentioned that my spellchecker and grammar expert was a bit "under-the-weather," as they say.
She appears to have fully recovered.
This is Sophia an hour ago homeschooling.
Why would any student not like homeschooling? Note Corky is also in attendance.
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iPhone Camera In Portrait Mode
As long as I'm at it, can you believe how good this photo is -- an iPhone 11 (?) in "portrait mode." This was taken by Sophia's mom after Corky returned home from a long absence. Apparently Corky visited California on her way home from Chicago back to her home in Grapevine, TX.
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