Home Schooling on the Rise in Australia, Parents Concerned About Content Schools Teach Children

Donna Eddy helps her son Phoenix with school work at their home in Sydney, Australia on April 9, 2020. Brendon Thorne/Getty Images

Homeschooling is rising in Australia after parents became increasingly aware of the content schools were teaching children during COVID-19 lockdowns.

Queensland’s Department of Education revealed in October that home school registrations rose 69 percent, from 5,008 to 8,461, between 2021 and 2022 (pdf).