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July 21, 2005
Interesting Homeschooling Statistics
Homeschooling at a glance
Thursday, July 21, 2005
In the spring of 2003, about 1.1 million, or 2.2 percent of all students, were homeschooled in the United States, an increase from 850,000 in 1999.
The majority of homeschooled students in 2003 received all of their education at home (82 percent), but some attended school up to 25 hours per week. Twelve percent of homeschooled students were enrolled in school less than nine hours per week, and 6 percent were enrolled between 9 and 25 hours.
White children were more likely to be homeschooled than black or Hispanic children or children from other race/ethnicities, and they constituted the majority of homeschooled students (77 percent).
Eighty-one percent of homeschooled students were in two-parent households, and 54 percent were in two-parent households with one parent in the labor force.
In 2003, there were no measurable differences in rates of homeschooling among students when considering their household income or the level of their parents' education.
In 2003, the reasons for homeschooling most frequently reported by parents as being "applicable" were concerns about the school environment (e.g., safety, drugs, or negative peer pressure) (85 percent of parents); a desire to provide religious or moral instruction (72 percent); and dissatisfaction with academic instruction (68 percent).
source: National center for education statistics
From the The Beacon at TownOnline.com
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July 08, 2005
Is Dreaminess a Disorder
This is taken from a letter written to Utne Reader:
As a parent of two "ADHD" children, and as a professional with 20 years of experience in mental health and education, I want to give some hope to other parents. We raised our our two boys without medication, and both are doing quite well. How did we do it? We stayed as far as possible from standard elementary school classrooms, instead opting for alternative schools and homeschooling, which enabled us to emphasize our children's strengths and to work gently on their weak areas without destroying their confidence and their desire to learn. Children are ready for different skills at different times. The one-size-fits-all classroom just doesn't work.
Steve McCrea- Porland, OR
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