More Texans turn to home schooling after the pandemic showed them what learning outside of schools could be like

Teacher and parent Jaime Johnson helps secondary level students complete a worksheet in the College & Career Readiness class she teaches at REACH Homeschool Co-op in Clear Lake in October. (Credit: Annie Mulligan for The Texas Tribune)

Christina Hernandez, a mother of two and a former San Antonio theater teacher, knows firsthand how difficult it is to give every student the attention they deserve.

And this school year, as class sizes have gotten bigger amid a statewide teacher shortage exacerbated by the pandemic, she started suspecting her public school district was not meeting her kids’ needs.