The number of Maryland students who are now homeschooling has hit new highs. Data just released from the state seems to show many students who left public schools during the covid shutdowns never went back.

Blanca Tapahuasco is a Baltimore City mother who loves to teach. Her son loves to learn. Every day, they do it together from home.

“He was academically advanced, and I wanted to make sure he was getting the level of education he needed,” Tapahuasco told Project Baltimore. “He actually asked me to bring him home. He didn’t have that joy of learning anymore.”

In 2020, Tapahuasco pulled her son from a Baltimore City Public charter school because she says the education he was getting wasn’t enough. She quit her job and began to homeschool.