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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
imageA 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 Images

When 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...

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