Lindsay and Clifford Jobe have served in the military for 14 years. Like many military families, the couple—who have five children—find themselves moving to a new base in a new state every few years. Adapting to a new home, new friends, and a new school is a lot to ask of children at a young age, which is what motivated the Jobes to begin home schooling. With home schooling, the Jobes set their own schedule and design their own breaks. That’s a big plus for military families, Lindsay Jobe says. The Jobe family was profiled as part of an Education Week video series on home schooling families.(January 18, 2019)

Read more: Home Schooling in America: Why Families Teach at Home
https://www.edweek.org/ew/collections/home-schooling-in-america-videos/index.html
http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/charterschoice/2019/01/why_this_military_family_home_schools.html
Homeschooling in the United States: 5 Facts https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1BmmwFWrXyU&list=PLb-gDFTi17UVtGZosDFBxVbZhVsNfuN1r
Homeschooling: Requirements, Research, and Who Does It
https://www.edweek.org/ew/issues/home-schooling/