Why America’s Homeschool Boom Keeps Growing

How a fringe choice became a mainstream alternative

Julie Bogart grew up in Malibu in the 1970s, attending public schools where ex-hippie teachers organized Renaissance fairs for the entire seventh grade, led archaeological digs in the canyon, and took students nature-journaling at creeks. School felt less like an institution and more like an adventure in learning.

Years later, working as a teaching assis…