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Liz Willen Dear reader,

The pandemic fueled many new trends in education. Some are predictable (colleges are raising tuition, again) ([link removed]) and others less so, including an increasingly diverse set of parents who are choosing home schooling. ([link removed])

For years, home schooling was associated with white, Christian fundamentalists: In 1994, over 90 percent of families who home-schooled were white. The Hechinger Report found that rates of home schooling doubled from the start of the pandemic to the fall of that year, with a five-fold increase in home schooling among Black families – and increases across all racial groups.

I wrote about another trend that’s threatening public education this week: The amount of control parents and state legislatures want over what is being taught, ([link removed]) especially as it relates to discussions of diversity, gender, race and history.

For me, the story is a walk down memory lane. I spent my early years as an education reporter covering book and curriculum bans ([link removed]) and heard many of the same arguments we’re hearing today. This time, though, teachers and school board members say they are getting death threats. Bills in some states also propose to criminally prosecute schools and public libraries for having books and materials that contain obscenity, violence or pornography.

We see these trends happening all over the country, and we want to hear from you, our readers, about how they’re affecting you and your schools. Please get in touch, and remind others to sign up for our weekly newsletters. ([link removed])

Liz Willen, Editor

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** The new homeschoolers: More diverse, very committed ([link removed])
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Indigenous, Hispanic and Muslim families are among the growing number who have turned to homeschooling during the pandemic and plan to stick with it.
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** Inflation is coming to college campuses. Prepare to pay more. ([link removed])
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Even as enrollment dips and some question the value of a degree, colleges say they must raise tuition.



** We struggle to measure quality child care — and even more to fund it ([link removed])
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Without Build Back Better to boost efforts to upgrade quality, states are still trying to improve child care for kids, but it’s a challenge.



** COLUMN: Are book bans stopping a Marxist “revolution” or whitewashing the past? ([link removed])
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What happens when parents and state legislators demand control over discussions of diversity, race and history.



** Behind the findings of the Tennessee pre-K study that found negative effects for graduates ([link removed])
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Low funding, poor quality and a lack of support in elementary schools could be leading to poor outcomes after pre-K.



** Will making the FAFSA more ‘fun’ help get Pell grants into students’ pockets? ([link removed])
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Failures to file the FAFSA meant $3.75 billion in scholarship aid went unclaimed.



** STUDENT VOICE: Is anyone out there? We need help figuring out our futures in Hispanic communities like mine ([link removed])
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A lack of career and college advice keeps us from knowing about options, and schools should be doing more.
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