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Sept. 24, 2025 - Ron Paul Liberty Report
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Weekly Report- Good News for Liberty

The covid lockdowns caused many Americans to stop trusting the government’s propaganda and led to a 39 percent increase in homeschooling in the 2020-21 school year. While the number of homeschoolers did decline some after this jump, homeschooling has continued growing in popularity over the last several years. Today, approximately six percent of American school children are homeschooled. Parents choose to homeschool for a variety of reasons, including objections to certain political and social agendas promoted by some government schools. Many parents became aware of how many government schools were sacrificing education for indoctrination while observing their children’s covid-era “virtual” classrooms. Some parents started homeschooling as a temporary measure but discovered they could teach their children as well, or better, than the so-called experts. This makes sense. No one knows a child’s skills, interests, strengths, and weaknesses better than the child’s parents. Two recent developments are going to increase homeschooling’s popularity. The covid lockdowns caused many Americans to stop trusting the government’s propaganda and led to a 39 percent increase in homeschooling in the 2020-21 school year. While the number of homeschoolers did decline some after this jump, homeschooling has continued growing in popularity over the last several years. Today, approximately six percent of American school children are homeschooled. Parents choose to homeschool for a variety of reasons, including objections to certain political and social agendas promoted by some government schools. Many parents became aware of how many government schools were sacrificing education for indoctrination while observing their children’s covid-era “virtual” classrooms. Some parents started homeschooling as a temporary measure but discovered they could teach their children as well, or better, than the so-called experts. This makes sense. No one knows a child’s skills, interests, strengths, and weaknesses better than the child’s parents. Two recent developments are going to increase homeschooling’s popularity.

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Hello everybody and thank you for tuning into the weekly report.
Good news for Liberty.
The COVID lockdowns caused many Americans to stop trusting the government's propaganda and led to a 39% increase in homeschooling in the 2021 school year.
While the number of homeschoolers did decline some after this jump, homeschooling has continued growing in popularity over the last several years.
Today, approximately 6% of American school children are homeschooled.
Parents choose to homeschool for a variety of reasons, including objections to certain political and social agendas promoted by some government schools.
Many parents became aware of how many government schools were sacrificing education for indoctrination while observing their children's COVID-era virtual classrooms.
Some parents started homeschooling as a temporary measure, but discovered they could teach their children as well or better than the so-called experts.
This makes sense.
No one knows a child's skills, interests, strengths, and weaknesses better than the child's parents.
Two recent developments are going to increase homeschooling's popularity.
First is the troubling results of the most recent National Assessment of Education Progress, NAEP.
NAEP is commonly referred to as the nation's report card.
In NAEP's latest assessment, the average eighth grade science score was significantly lower than the pre-lockdown 2019 score.
Other scores, including for 12th grade mathematics and reading, are lower than they were 10 or more years ago.
To put this in perspective, consider that in 1992, spending per pupil was an inflation-adjusted $12,000, whereas the average per pupil spending in 2021 in most recent year for which figures are available was $17,500, a nearly 50% increase.
The decline in scores also follows a series of federal education reforms that were supposed to fix American education by giving more power to the federal government.
The second reason homeschooling will grow even more popular is two provisions of the Big Beautiful Bill, BBB.
These provisions provide tax benefits for parents who choose alternatives to government school, including homeschooling.
First, the BBB expands the use of tax-free 529 education savings accounts.
Tax-Free Education Savings 00:02:07
Money in these accounts can be used for a variety of expenses such as curriculum materials, online education, and tutoring.
The BBB also provides tax credits for donations to scholarship granting organization, SGO.
SGOs provide scholarships to families, including homeschooling families, to cover a variety of educational expenses.
Giving Americans more control over the education dollar will do more to improve education than any centralized reform.
Parents looking for a homeschooling curriculum incorporating the ideas of liberty should consider my online curriculum.
My curriculum provides students with a solid education in history, literature, mathematics, and the sciences.
It also gives students the opportunity to create their own websites and internet-based businesses.
This provides students with real-world entrepreneurial experience that will be useful to them no matter what career path they choose.
The curriculum is designed to be self-taught, with students helping and learning from each other via online forums.
Starting in the fourth grade, students are required to write at least one essay a week.
Students also take a course in public speaking.
The curriculum emphasizes the history, philosophy, and the economics of liberty, but it never substitutes indoctrination for education.
The goal is to provide students with superior critical thinking skills.
If you think my curriculum may meet the needs of your child, please visit ronpaulcurriculum.com for more information.
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