When Dr. Dene Schulze-Alva first started homeschooling her children six years ago, she wasn’t aware of the amount of research it would require to be a successful parent educator. “It’s a huge shift in time because you’re 100 percent dedicated to learning where and what the resources are,” Schulze-Alva said. “That’s the initial challenge.” Once Schulze-Alva found other parents and homeschooling families to network with, the licensed chiropractor began to exchange ideas and learn what resources are available locally in California for her two daughters, who are 8 and 13 years old. “It’s become easier and easier,” she said in an interview. “The most beautiful thing about homeschooling is that you learn alongside your child.” Schulze-Alva is among the 5.4 percent of parents who were homeschooling school-aged children before COVID-19, according to the US Census Bureau. That number has since doubled to 11.1 percent of households at the start of …