Tidbit: Economic Benefits of Homeschooling

Given the Department of Education’s conservative estimate of 898,000 students who were educated entirely at home in 2003, the National Home Education Research Institute’s estimate of 2 million homeschool students, and the national average per pupil expenditure on instruction, homeschooling likely saves American taxpayers and public schools at least $4.4 billion to $9.9 billion in instruction costs each year. The Economic Benefits of Homeschooling.

Given the Department of Education’s conservative estimate of 898,000 students who were educated entirely at home in 2003, the National Home Education Research Institute’s estimate of 2 million homeschool students, and the national average per pupil expenditure on instruction, homeschooling likely saves American taxpayers and public schools at least $4.4 billion to $9.9 billion in…

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  1. Oh, but keeping your kids home is keeping tax money out of schools! Homeschoolers are stealing money from the school system by not enrolling their children [laughing].Ah, the beauty of logic. ~Luke

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