What Are We Risking Losing in Homeschooling? Israel Wayne Sounds the Alarm

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What happens when homeschooling becomes primarily about educational options rather than discipleship? In this challenging excerpt, Israel Wayne argues that Christian homeschoolers can become so focused on the academic benefits and growing variety of educational choices that they lose sight of the spiritual purpose he believes has been at the heart of the homeschool movement. Israel also addresses the rapid growth of learning pods, hybrid programs, neighborhood schools, and other educational models—and explains why he believes families need to pay attention to the legal distinctions between these models and traditional homeschooling. The question at the heart of this conversation is simple:…