More and more Minnesota families are opting out of the traditional classroom.
POD days at Christian Homeschool Academy Tutoring (CHAT) keep getting busier.
"There's been a big uptick in the last three years," CHAT co-director Laura Johnson said.
At the start of the 2018-2019 school year, there were under 20,000 Minnesota students in homeschooling. That number skyrocketed to over 30,000 at the height of the pandemic. In all, Minnesota homeschool totals are up nearly 40% from pre-pandemic and 7% since last year.
"I think during COVID, parents got to see, maybe a little bit more of what was really going on in the classroom," Johnson said. "And I think that with our liberal state, I think a lot of families are just not comfortable with what is being taught."
