Common Core has become a major concern for some parents in North Carolina, a state where homeschooling grew by 14 percent during the last academic year. More children are now getting an education at home than in the state’s private schools.
“More and more private traditional schools are choosing to align to the Standards,” said Lynne Taylor, a North Carolina parent who has homeschooled her kids for more than a decade. Taylor says unhappiness with the Common Core State Standards Initiative (CCSSI) is the primary reason for the recent spike in homeschooling....
