Home Schooling: One of the Fastest Growing Trends in Our Country
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Home Schooling: One of the Fastest Growing Trends
in Our Country
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Why should you care about home
schooling?While about 82% of homeschooled children receive all of their education at home, some
students take classes at local schools or eventually return to a public school full time
– maybe in your classroom.
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Race of Parents Who Home School
White77%
Black10%
Hispanic5%
Other8%
Question #1
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Question #2
• More than ¾ of parents who home school have had some college, a Bachelor’s or graduate degree.
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Question #3
• 80% of parents who home school come from two parent homes.
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Question #4
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• About 15% of home schooling families are non-white.
Question #5
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Question #6
The two primary reasons parents choose to home school are:
• Concern about the environment at school
• A desire to provide religious or moral instruction.
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Question #7
About 55% of home schooling families have just one parent workingoutside the home.
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Question #8Question #8
Michigan law mandates that home schooled children must be schooled from the ages of 6 to their 16th birthday.
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Question #9
There are no requirements for how many days a home schooled child must be instructed in the state of Michigan.
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Question #10 There are about 2 MILLION home schooled
children in the US – almost twice as much as in 2003.
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Notable Facts*Lower income families are as likely to home
school their children as middle class or wealthy families.
*About half of the families who home school have both parents working outside the home.
*About 20% of parents who home school are single parents.
*About 25% of parents who home school have not attended college.
*Home schooled children tend to score higher on standardized tests than students receiving a public education.
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Things to consider if a previously home schooled child is enrolled in your class:
• Contrary to popular belief, home schooled children have above-average social and psychological development.
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• Home schooled children are usually self-motivated, independent learners.
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Home schooled students score significantly higher on standardized tests, like the Iowa Test of Basic Skills – on average 37 percentile points higher.
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150 Colleges and universities in the United States actively recruit students who were home schooled because they:
• read with comprehension• have a wealth of different educational
experiences• they know how to access and use
information • and they have an enthusiasm for learning.
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Resources
• Princiotta, D., Bielick,S., Vand Brunt, A., & Chapman, C. (2006). Homeschooling in the United States: National Center for Educational Statistics. US Department of Education.
• www.NHERI.org (National Home Education Research Institute)
• www.HSLDA.org (Home School Legal Defense Association)