Soon after Covid-19 entered our collective vocabulary, I decided my little homeschool would devote 2020 to a more rigorous study of science. Covid-19 held a mirror up to our society, showing us how many Americans don’t understand and don’t trust science, and I wanted to be part of the solution by helping educate the next generation. I sought video lessons, bought a plant cell model, signed my son up for an Outschool class on the Periodic Table, and expedited our march through some science textbooks. Then, in June, I happened upon an online demonstration of a program that, however improbably…
Emily Brewer, Ph.D., works and homeschools her son in North Carolina. She writes about her homeschooling journey in the context of the times we live in.