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"Homeschooling vs Public Schools"

1/14/2011

http://www.successful-homeschooling.com/homechooling-vs-public-education.html

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"Adults in a homschool setting are familiar with and committed to the success of each individual child.  It is hard for school teachers to get to know each student on a personal level.  They are more class focused."

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"Homeschool kids are taught in a diverse environment.  Homeschool kids are not segregated by age, and are not competing with peers for grades and attention from their instructor.  They learn in a multi-age real world environment."

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The homeschool envirnoment is safe.  There is no teasing, taunting, or bullying.  Kids are free from the things that can leave lifelong emotional scars. Kids have time to mature, emotionally, physically, and academically without worrying about facing negative peer pressure from others.

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p.1

"Homeschools provide an atmosphere of freedom and flexibility.  Homeshcooling is more efficient than traditional schools and the children have more time to pursue interests and hobbies. 

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p.1

"Home schools provide consistency and security.  Students do not have to worry about changing teachers, classrooms, or schools from year to year. They are comfortable because they do not have to adjust to all these different things and can focus on learning."

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p.1

"Homeschool teachers have more flexibility in choosing the curriculum.  They can also decide which teaching method is best suited for the child's learning style.  This creates an environment where children can not only survivie, but thrive." 

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p.1

"Parents can make decisions on what is best for their child, not teacheres, principals, administrators, and school boards.  Parents can choose what and how thier children are taught."

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p.1

"Children have different learning styles. Some are auditory learners, visual learners, hand-on learners, or any combination of the three."

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"Homeschool students progress at their own pace. Instruction is one-on-one; therefore they can spend as much time on a particular concept or topic, and move on when they have mastered it."

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National Home Education Institute

2003

Dr. Brian D. Ray

"Home Educated and Now Adults:  Their Community and Civic Involvement, Views About Homeschooling, and Other Traits"

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Pp.1-6

"Dr Brian Ray  surveyed over 7,300 adults who were homeschooled .  Over 5,000 of these had been home educated at least seven years and the results comfirmed "no problems here."

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Pp.1-6

"Can homeschoolers get into college?  The end of homschooling is not the end of the educational road for most homeschool graduates.  Over 74% of home-educated adults ages 18-24 have taken college-level courses, compared to 46% of the general United-States population."

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Pp. 1-6

"Can homschoolers get jobs?  Of couse.  Each homeschool setting is unique to that family and homeschool graduates engage in a wide variety of occupations, from professional (such as accountants, registered nurses)  to service workers (hair stylist, home makers)."

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Pp. 1-6

"Homeschool graduates are active and involved in their communities.  71% participate in a regular community service activity (example, coaching a sports team, volunteering at a school, or working with a church) compared to 37% of U.S. adults of similar ages.

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"86% of the homeschool graduates surveyed were members of an organization (such as a community group, church, union, homeschool group, or professional organization), compared to 50% of the U.S. population."

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Pp. 1-6

"Only 4.2% of the homeschool graduates surveyed consider politics and government too complicated to understand, compared to 35% of the U.S. adults."  This may account for why homeschool graduates work for candidates, contribute to campaigns and vote in much higher percentages than the general population of the United States."

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Pp. 1-6

"In 2003, 76% of homeschool graduates surveyed between the ages of 18-24 voted within the last five years, compared to only 29% of the relevant U.S. population."

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Pp. 1-6

"Parents questioning whether they are doing the right thing by homeschooling their children, will be happy to know that 95% of the homeschool graduates surveyed are glad that they were homeschooled.  They did not feel that homeschooling hindered them in their careers or education."

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Pp. 1-6

"82% of homeschoolers would homeschool their own children. Of the 812 study participants who had children age 5 or older, 74% were already homeschooling.  Dr. Ray's research seem to indicate that homeschooling produces successful adults who are actively involved in communities  and who continue to value education for themselves and their children."

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"The Pros and Cons of Homeschooling"

1/14/2011

http://school.familyeducation.com/home-schooling/parenting/29861.html

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Pp1-3

"Homeschooling is becoming more popular everyday, it has a growth rate of 7 to 15 per year.  There are about 2 million children currently learning at home."

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Pp.1-3

"Homeschooling allows for religious freedom.  Many families feel their religious and spiritual beliefs are important and homeschooling provides the opportunity for parents to incoporate their beliefs into their daily lives.

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Pp. 1-3

"Homeschooling helps families cope during challenging periods like: illness, death in family, moving or other obstacles.

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Pp. 1-3

"Homeschooling is fosters closer family relationships.  Homeschooling alows for family time.  Teens seemed to benefit enormously from this interation, and rebellious, destructive behavior often deminishes."

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Pp. 1-3

"Homeschool families experience a since of physical freedom.  Thier lives are no longer centered around school hours, homework, and the school calendar.  Families can plan off-season vacations, visit parks and museums during the week, and live according to what works for them.

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Pp.1-3

"Statistics show that self-esteem plummets during middle-school -especially for girls.  However similiar studies have shown that homeschooled girls' self-esteem remain in tact and continue to view themshelves in a postitive manner." 

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Pp.1-3

"Homeschool girls can act and dress the way they want with peer pressure - the need to "fit in."  Their lives are not dictated by adolescent trends and dangerous experimentation."

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"Homeschooled kids are well-rested.  More and more studies indicate that sleep is vital to the emotional and physical well-being of kids - especially teens and preteens. Many kids leave home at 7:15 and have homework/studying until midnight."

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Pp.1-3

"Homeschooled children can accomplish in a few hours what takes a typical classroom a week or more to cover.  In a classroom, less time is spent on "on task" learning, thus the need for so much homework." Homeschooling requires no homework. 

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Time

22 September 2000

Rebecca Winters

"Education: Home Schoolers: From Home to Harvard

http://www.time.com/time/printout/0,8816,997902,00.html

1/21/2011

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"In the fall of 2000  a new college opened with a crop of freshment who may have never set foot in a hight school.  Nearly, all had straight A's, but most never had to listen to a SAT lecture.  This school was Patrick Henry College in Purcellville, VA. and it was designed specifically for kids who had been schooled at home."

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"In 2000, more than 1 million students were homeschooled and those number grew about 15% a year, according to the U.S. Department of Education. "

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"In 2000, Satanford University accepted 26% of the 35 homeschoolers who applied --nearly doubling its overall acceptance rate.  Likewise, Weaton College in Illinois 2000 freshman class was represented by 23% of homeschooled students."

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"Marlyn McGrath Lewis, director of admissions at harvard University said, Often we're impressed by what someone has done unders unusual circumstances and homschooling fits the bill."

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Pp.2-3

"College-admissions environment for homeschoolers wasn't always so welcoming.  Most schools were stumped by acpplications with teacher reccomendations coming from Mom and Dad, lenthy high school transcripts that listed textbooks instead of courses, and grades that rarely dropped below A's."

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"When homeschoolers were applying for college in the early "90s, the schools didn't know what to make of them.  Now most colleges have a policy for dealing with them and are just about rolling out the red carpet according to Cafi Cohen, who taught her childeren at home and wrote Homeschooling: The Ten Years."

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"Most colleges take a close look at standardized-test scores when weighing homeschool applications and find that homeschoolers outperform their school-educated peers."

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"In 2000, homeschoolers scored an average of 1,100 on the SAT--a full 81 points above the national average--and 22.8 on the ACT, compared to the national  average of 21."

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"Before applying to collleges, homeschoolers often enroll in a course at a local college or in a summer program at a competitive university to show that they can handle both the academic rigor and the social distractions of college life."

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Buzzle.com

"Homeschooling Statistics"

1/14/2011

http://www.buzzle.com/articles/homeschooling-statistics.html

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Pp.1-3

"Every child has the right to get education. Proper education molds children to become responsible citizens of tomorrow, who are aware of their duties and rights. In the US, besides public schools or private schools, a less common systems of education is comming to the forefront - homeschooling. Time and time again, homeschooling statistics have provided well-researched documents proving the efficiency of this method of educating."

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Pp.1-3

"There was approximately 2 million homeschooled children in the United States in 2008-2009, according to the NHERI (National Home Education Research Institute) and Home School Legal Defense Association (HSLDA)."

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"An estimated 1.5 to 2 million homeschooling students in 2008-09 are from standard K to 12 and 15% of non-Hispanic population is homeschooling thier children."

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"Homeschooling parents are from a variety of families and income levels including PhDs, atheists, low, high and middle income families.  The average US household income level  is $50,000."

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"Almost 74% of homeschooled children have gone to colleges as compared to 44% of the general population."

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Pp.1-3

"71% of homeschooled children have been found to be involved in at least one community service as compared to 37% of the general population."

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Pp. 1-3

" Contary to popular belief that homeschool is a choice of extremist parents or a fanatic approach towards education, statistics show and support why homeschooling is gaining recognition and why more parents are opting for homeschooling."

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"Homeschooling statistics present information about the advantages of homeschooling that help parents decide the way of teaching that is best for their children."

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"Those agains homeschooling give their verdict about homeschooling to be a "socially inept" system for children, who miss out socialization skill.  However supporters of homeschooling point out the fact that students that are homeschooled have sufficient time and oppunity to get involved in music programs, dance classes, reading classes, etc."