Business Insider Claims Homeschooling Is More Popular Than Ever But Still Widely Ignored

Business Insider claims that during Betsy DeVos' three-hour confirmation hearing, charter schools came up no fewer than 60 times. Homeschooling was mentioned once.

There are currently 2.5 million children enrolled in charter schools. There are around 3.5 million homeschooled children.

However, Business Insider's claim that this means homeschooling is "still widely ignored" may not have much substance in the contrast above. One potential reason that charter schools came up so frequently is because of DeVos' history of charter schools in Michigan.

You can read the full Business Insider article here. Although, most of the article is simply re-hashing information about homeschooling.