“By David Crary
Ap National Writer
When hard times reached the Schneider household in central Oregon, the longtime stay-at-home mom took action — getting a job at Subway to offset a drop in her husband’s earnings. What she didn’t do was also notable: She didn’t stop home-schooling her three teenage children.
Colleen Schneider works evenings so she’s home for her favored morning teaching hours. The family scrimps — more frozen pizza, less eating out. But an inflexible 9-to-5 job that would force her to quit home-schooling was not an option.
“I would fight tooth and nail to home-school,” said Schneider, 47, a devout Roman Catholic who wants to convey her values to her children. “I’m making it work because it’s my absolute priority.”
Other families across the country are making similar decisions — college-age children chipping in with their earnings, laid-off fathers sharing teaching duties, mothers taking part-time jobs — with the goal of continuing to home-school in the face of economic setbacks. …”
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