GROWTH IN HOME SCHOOLING – AT 1:18 P.M. ET:   The story here is probably deeper than it first appears.  From the Washington Times:   

After a gunman opened fire on students in Parkland, Florida, the phones started ringing at the Texas Home School Coalition, and they haven’t stopped yet.

The Lubbock-based organization has been swamped with inquiries for months from parents seeking safer options for their kids in the aftermath of this year’s deadly school massacres, first in Parkland and then in Santa Fe, Texas.

“When the Parkland shooting happened, our phone calls and emails exploded,” said coalition president Tim Lambert. “In the last couple of months, our numbers have doubled. We’re dealing with probably between 1,200 and 1,400 calls and emails per month, and prior to that it was 600 to 700.”

Demands to restrict firearms and beef up school security have dominated the debate following the shootings, but flying under the radar is the surge of interest in homeschooling as parents lose faith in the ability of public schools to protect students from harm.

And it’s not just the threat of school shootings. Christopher Chin, president of Homeschool Louisiana, said parents are also increasingly concerned about “the violence, the bullying, the unsafe environments.”

“One of the things we’ve seen definitely an uptick in the last five years is the aspect of violence. It’s the bullying. That is off the charts,” Mr. Chin said.

COMMENT:  And it goes beyond that as well.  We are seeing signs of growing outrage over the quality of our schools, and deep concern about what is being taught and who is doing the teaching. 

Most parents do not send their kids to school to learn to hate their country, to despise their religion, and to be told that they're all racists.  Are schools are to be centers of true learning, not indoctrination centers for the far left.  The parents aren't that stupid.  They understand what's going on, and a good number don't like it.

In recent months we've seen pushbacks on college campuses against leftist indoctrination and one-sided education.  They are small steps, but could, with some leadership, spread broadly, and extend down into the high schools and even the elementary schools.

I know some home schoolers.  They're terrific people with strong concerns about the fate of their children.  They're not nut cases or conspiracy theorists.  They could turn out to be the quiet leaders of a new revolution.

May 31, 2018