{"id":12225,"date":"2025-07-15T10:33:00","date_gmt":"2025-07-15T14:33:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/learningally.org\/?p=12225"},"modified":"2025-07-15T10:33:02","modified_gmt":"2025-07-15T14:33:02","slug":"empowering-homeschool-success-how-education-savings-accounts-can-fund-literacy-solutions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/learningally.org\/resource\/empowering-homeschool-success-how-education-savings-accounts-can-fund-literacy-solutions","title":{"rendered":"Empowering Homeschool Success: How Education Savings Accounts Can Fund Literacy Solutions"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Homeschooling has experienced unprecedented growth, with approximately 3.1 million homeschool students<\/a> in grades K-12 across the United States in 2021-2022, up from 2.5 million in spring 2019\u00b9. As more families choose to customize their children’s education, a new funding opportunity is emerging that can help support specialized learning tools: Education Savings Accounts (ESAs)<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Growing Homeschool Movement<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The homeschool population had been growing at an estimated 2% to 8% per year over the past several years, but experienced dramatic growth<\/a> from 2019-2020 to 2020-2021\u00b9. Parents choose homeschooling for various reasons, including the desire to customize or individualize the curriculum and learning environment for each child, accomplish more academically than in traditional schools, and use pedagogical approaches different from those typical in institutional schools\u00b9.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The results speak for themselves: home-educated students typically score 15 to 25 percentile points<\/a> above public-school students on standardized academic achievement tests\u00b9. Perhaps most importantly, homeschool students score above average on achievement tests regardless of their parents’ level of formal education or their family’s household income\u00b9.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Meeting the Needs of Homeschooled Students with Learning Differences<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Within the homeschool population, approximately 9.8% to 13.7% of students have special needs\u00b9, mirroring the conventional school setting. This is particularly significant when considering that 15-20% of the population has a language-based learning disability, with dyslexia being the most common cause of reading, writing, and spelling difficulties<\/strong>\u00b3.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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For these students, traditional textbooks and reading materials can present significant barriers to accessing grade-level content. This is where Learning Ally’s Audiobook Solution<\/a>\u24c7<\/sup> becomes invaluable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A Parent’s Perspective: The Learning Ally Difference<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Angela Marie D’Antonio<\/strong>, a Barton dyslexia tutor, academic coach, and homeschool parent of a dyslexic child, shares her experience:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“As a homeschool parent of a dyslexic child, Learning Ally has been the bridge that connected my daughter’s brilliant mind to challenging texts that would have otherwise remained inaccessible. Human narration brings literature to life in a way that technology alone cannot. It’s not just an audiobook service\u2014it’s a tool for independence, confidence, and academic success that has transformed our homeschool journey.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Angela (left) with her daughter, Sofia<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Her daughter, Sophia<\/strong>, a student and dyslexia advocate, adds:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Before Learning Ally, I felt trapped between my love for learning and the frustration of struggling with text. When I started my college classics courses, I worried I wouldn’t be able to keep up. But hearing those complex texts read by real human voices changed everything. Suddenly, I could focus on understanding the ideas instead of fighting with every word. Learning Ally didn’t just help me read\u2014it let me discover who I am as a scholar and showed me that dyslexia limits how I read, not what I can achieve.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

How ESAs Can Help Fund Audiobooks<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Education Savings Accounts<\/a> (ESAs)\u2014also known as Education Freedom Accounts, Education Scholarship Accounts, and Empowerment Scholarship Accounts\u2014are transforming how families can fund personalized education\u00b2. These accounts provide valuable tools that can greatly impact your child’s educational journey, whether you’re planning for K\u201312 education or looking to enrich your homeschooled child’s learning experience\u00b2.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Learning Ally is proud to be an approved ESA vendor<\/strong> in the following states:<\/p>\n\n\n\n