peter gray, a psychology project -- professor, and in advocate who broke the forward to my book, they discovered that most of those an schoolers did time, in high school, taking community college classes. often, getting an associates degree at the same age that their peers got a high school diploma. and then, being able to roll in a four year university, transferring those credits, and saving a lot of money. it's a very practical approach, particularly now, was skyrocketing to wish and rates universities. >> it seems that the home school, and the unschooled movement have grown, exponentially, in the last 20 years. is that saying something about public education? >> homeschooling has grown tremendously over the past couple of decades. the first year the u.s. department of education began tracking homeschoolers 1998. at the time, they counted 150,000. that number soared to around 2 million, in 2016. and then, over the past year, when the school shutdowns since the pandemic began in march 2020, we have seen a tripling of the home schooling, right from that pre-pandemic level. so that the

peter: armed fighters in northern to gray -- togray say they are facing increasing attacks.he prime minister was sworn in for the new five-year term last week. at least 25 people in eastern democratic republic of congo have been killed by armed fighters over the last four days. security forces say the attacks were carried out on several villages by the allied democratic forces group, which is linked to isil. hundreds have been told by fighters from the adf this year. a syrian soldier has been killed and three others injured in an israeli airstrike in central syria, according to state media, which reportedly happened near palmyra. it -- there are reports of damage. the eu's top brexit official says many customs checks between britain and northern ireland should be removed. there's growing frustration between both sides about how trade over the border should be controlled. tuesday, the u.k. brexit minister talked about a protocol that created checks on trade between the u.k. and northern ireland. the u.k. wants to see significant change. those are the headlines. don't forget,