More parents are opting to homeschool their children – and there’s more to the trend than the ‘risk-free trial’ offered by COVID-era restrictions.
Heidi Ryan says it took until her eldest child reached year 11 to realise mainstream school was doing her three children more harm than good.Heidi Ryan supervises her daughter’s wig styling ahead of a cosplay convention.Like her two older children, now 24 and 20, her youngest daughter, 16, is autistic. Each struggled with the teaching style at school and so, six years ago, Ryan decided to become both teacher and mother.
A speech therapist, Ryan said not having to follow standardised assessments took the pressure off and allowed activities and subjects to be child-led. “It was like a risk-free trial,” English said of enforced homeschooling under COVID restrictions. “People got a taste of how family life could be organised, and once they tried it many didn’t go back.”
Families who chose to homeschool need to register with the Victorian Registrations and Qualifications Authority, which audits 10 per cent of homeschooling households a year. Parents are not required to follow a prescribed curriculum or provide progress reports, but they do need to submit lesson plans covering eight key learning areas.
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