Homeschooling: Not What You Think

Facts, reposted from National Home Education Research Institute:

Homeschooling may be the fastest-growing form of education in the United States (at 7% to 12% per year). Home-based education is also growing around the world in many nations.

There are about 2 million homeschool students in the United States. There were an estimated 1.9 to 2.4 million children (in grades K to 12) home educated during 2005-2006 in the United States.

Families engaged in home-based education are not dependent on public, tax-funded resources for their children’s education. The finances associated with their homeschooling likely represent over $16 billion that taxpayers do not have to spend since these children are not in public schools

Homeschooling is quickly growing in popularity among minorities. About 15% of homeschool families are non-white/non-Hispanic (i.e., not white/Anglo).

I especially like that last part–this isn’t just a white Anglo-Saxon thing. But maybe you wouldn’t understand, even in your open-mindedness, tolerant ways.

Only thing missing, that I’ll be looking for, is research on the reasons we homeschool (and by we, I do not mean just our family, since we actually do know why we homeschool). From experience, I believe there are tremendous similarities across the political spectrum, which, to add to the previous paragraph, not only is this not just a white, Anglo-Saxon thing, it’s also not just a conservative thing.

Facts, reposted from National Home Education Research Institute: Homeschooling may be the fastest-growing form of education in the United States (at 7% to 12% per year). Home-based education is also growing around the world in many nations.There are about 2 million homeschool students in the United States. There were an estimated 1.9 to 2.4 million…