Parents unhappy about school policies look to school choice

By Lance Izumi

Published October 15, 2021 4:00am ET

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Parents unhappy about school policies look to school choice — In this Oct. 9, 2019 photo, Donya Grant, right, works on a homeschool lesson with her daughter Mabry, 8, in their home in Monroe, Wash. Grantâs family is part of a group of people who have brought a lawsuit against the Monroe School District, alleging that the district had never tested for PCBs contamination at the Sky Valley Education Center school in Monroe, Wash., and had not followed a state policy to regularly inspect old light fixtures, though it had known since at least 2000 that many contained PCBs. Grant has homeschooled all of her children since they stopped attending Sky Valley in 2016 for health reasons they say were related to toxins present at the school. | (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)

In response to COVID-19 requirements, controversial curricula, and other unpopular policies, many parents are exiting public schools and opting for school-choice options such as homeschooling.

As public schools opened for the fall, some states imposed mask mandates for those receiving in-person instruction, while others banned student masking. Scientific data are mixed on whether student masking prevents the spread of COVID-19.

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