Homeschooling has become an increasingly popular choice during the COVID-19 pandemic as parents, frustrated by remote learning and strict COVID-19 rules, take matters into their own hands. U.S. Census Bureau data released earlier this year shows the percentage of households with children being homeschooled doubled from 5.4 percent in spring 2020 to 11.1 percent in fall 2020. “Homeschooling became a viable alternative for many parents who had considered it in the past or who were curious but never prompted to change,” William Heuer and William Donovan, authors of a new study on the shift, said in a summary of the research. Parents who took their children out of public or private school in recent months had various motivations. Some cited concerns about their children getting COVID-19 and bringing it home, Jacklynn Walters, media director of the Midwest Parent Educators, told The Epoch Times. Others grew worried about what was being taught …