Residents in North Carolina blame the national Common Core curriculum as the reason for their choosing to homeschool their children. The state has seen a 27 percent increase since the 2011-2012 school year.   “As of last year, 98,172 North Carolinian children were homeschooled; that’s 2,400 students more than the number who attended a private school,” … Continue reading North Carolina Common Core blamed for surge in homeschooling