Famous Investor: The Homeschooling Boom Is Just Beginning
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Parents want more educational choices. Entrepreneurs are ready to provide them.
Wednesday, June 30, 2021
Kerry McDonald

Education Homeschooling Creative Destruction Joseph Schumpeter Entrepreneurship Marc Andreessen Entrepreneurs School Choice

Speculation abounds over whether or not the pandemic-induced growth in homeschooling is temporary. While there are several signs indicating that parents won’t be sending their children back to public schools this fall, and homeschooling continues to be a popular choice, the question remains: for how long and to what extent?

According to remarks by one prominent investor, this is just the beginning of a widespread shift away from conventional schooling models toward disruptive innovation in education–with homeschooling leading the way. “It certainly feels like we’re on the front end of a pretty dramatic homeschooling boom,” said Marc Andreessen, co-creator of the original Mosaic web browser, co-founder of Netscape, and co-founder and general partner of the leading venture capital firm, Andreessen Horowitz.

Speaking on the “Invest Like the Best” podcast this week, Andreessen said the pandemic has been a catalyst for parent-driven, technology-enabled educational change that will have a large and lasting impact on the education sector. For one thing, the pandemic gave parents a close-up opportunity to view what was happening in their children’s classrooms.

Black homeschoolers led the surge, with a five-fold increase in homeschooling rates from the spring of 2020.

“I think it's the first time parents saw what their kids are getting in the classroom at the K through 12 level-- excerpt, rest at link above --