Parents Say They're Considering Homeschool In The Fall Following The Pandemic

From quarantining at home to social distancing, governments all across the world were forced to mandate strict guidelines for everyone. This included closing businesses and schools to keep everyone safe.

The buildings may be unsafe for students and staff, but education has to continue somehow at home. Luckily, teachers everywhere quickly adapted their skills to ensure that no child would be without school during this time.

All across the world, students logged onto computers daily to meet with teachers on an everyday basis to stay on task with their school work. While the technology we have today makes this attainable, it's not very easy.

Statistically speaking, children learn better when they are getting instruction in-person. The ability to see things happening in front of them is important. Additionally, they learn from peers and conversations and discussions in class.

Parents have acted as part-time teachers and sometimes even "peers" for their children during this time. Helping with homework, discussing readings, and fulfilling social needs are all imperative to a child's growth.

With remote learning, students have to work with their class and teachers on a virtual platform and ensure they keep up with classwork at someone else's pace. However, home schooling can be altered and personalized to better fit the student's needs at home.

Regardless of whether or not their state decides to go back to in-person education in the fall, some parents are saying the home school model is what they want to choose entirely come fall 2020.

A recent poll found more than half of parents surveyed are considering a switch to at-home learning in the fall.

Tena told The Today Show that her eight-year-old son was logging on daily for his second-grade class, but she realized he wasn't benefitting from the assignments. Instead, she began adapting things and creating her own lessons and assignments. She slowly saw that he was doing better with her "home school" model than he was with traditional schooling.

Samantha Taylor of Florida says she has a feeling schools will be, "on and off" next year with opening and closing. She thinks that keeping "consistency" for her three children is more important than sending them back to school.

However, Taylor is not looking to "home school" her kids and be their teacher. Instead, she wants to sign them up for a complete virtual school.

Even if the year starts off remote and transfers to in-person, parents are weary on whether or not it's the safest option, too. With everyone's health at risk, it's understandable to see just why parents are making these choices.

h/t: The Today Show