Flexibility fuels surge in alternative schooling, while critics point to lack of accountability • South Dakota Searchlight

Flexibility fuels surge in alternative schooling, while critics point to lack of accountability • South Dakota Searchlight

Madison Zacharias plays during lunch break with other Buffalo Christian Homeschool Academy students on May 10, 2024, at the school near Humboldt, South Dakota. (Makenzie Huber/South Dakota Searchlight)Drew Dittmer and his wife tried homeschooling their children in 2015. The family of six in Sioux Falls enjoyed the freedom and flexibility it allowed them. But after welcoming their fifth child, the couple sent their children back to public school …