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Why Homeschool is Growing?

WHY HOMESCHOOL IS GROWING ? SINCE 1999, THE NUMBER OF CHILDREN WHO ARE BEING HOMESCHOOLED HAS INCREASED BY 75% ALTHOUGH CURRENTLY THE PERCENTAGE OF HOMESCHOOLED CHILDREN IS ONLY 4% OF ALL SCHOOL CHILDREN NATIONWIDE, THE NUMBER OF PRIMARY SCHOOL KIDS WHOSE PAR- ENTS CHOOSE TO FORGO TRADITIONAL EDUCATION IS GROWING SEVEN TIMES FASTER THAN THE NUMBER OF KIDS ENROLLING IN K-12 EVERY YEAR. HISTORY INDIANA APPELLATE COURT DEFINES A SCHOOL AS "A PLACE WHERE INSTRUCTION IS IMPARTTED TO THE YOUNG" AND HOLDS THAT "A SCHOOL AT HOME COUNTS AS A PRIVATE SCHOOL 1904 OF NORBERT AND MARION SHICKEL HOMESCHOOL 1949 THEIR SCHOOL "MARY HILL COUNTRY SCHOOL" S CHILDREN AND CALL THEIR HOME- НOME SCHOOLING 1960 EDUCATIONAL REFORMERS STARTED QUESTION- ING PUBLIC SCHOOLINGS METHODS AND RESULTS 1962 IN NEW JERSEY, BARBARA AND FRANK MASSA REMOVE THEIR DAUGHTER FROM PUBLIC SCHOOL TO HOMESCHOOL HER. HALL BENNETT WRITES NO MORE PUBLIC 1972 SCHOOL WHICH EXPLAINS; HOW YOU CAN TAKE YOUR CHILD OUT OF PUBLIC SCHOOL AND EDUCATE HIM AT HOME 1980 HOMESCHOOLING WAS LEGAL IN 20 STATES MICHAEL FARRIS, A HOMESCHOOL PARENT AND 1983 ATTORNEY, FOUNDED THE HOME SCHOOL LEGAL DEFENSE ASSOCIATION (HSLDA) HOMESCHOOLING BECAME LEGAL IN ALL 50 1993 STATES AND SAW ANNUAL GROWTH RATES 15-20% TODAY HOMESCHOOLING IS THE FASTEST GROWING FORM OF EDUCATION IN COUNTRY IN IN IN 2003 2007 2012 YEAR YEAR YEAR THERE WERE 1,096,000 HOME- THERE WERE 1,520,000 HOME- THERE WERE 1,773,000 HOME- SCHOOLED CHILDREN IN THE SCHOOLED CHILDREN IN THE SCHOOLED IN THE 5-THROUGH -17 5-THROUGH -17 AGE GROUP IN 5-THROUGH-17 AGE GROUP. AGE BRACKET THE UNITED STATES 2.2 PERCENT OF THE 50,7071000 3.0 PERCENT OF THE 51,135,000 3.4 PERCENT OF THE 51,657,000 STUDENTS IN THAT AGE BRACKET STUDENTS IN THE 5 THROUGH STUDENTS IN THE 5-THROUGH-17 THE UNITED STATES THAT YEAR. -17 AGE GROUP THAT YEAR. AGE GROUP THAT YEAR HOMESCHOOLED CHILDREN UP 61.8% IN 10 YEARS STUDY ALSO SHOWED SIGNIFICANT ADVANCES IN HOMESCHOOL ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT NATIONAL AVERAGE PERCENTILE SCORES 100 - 89 86 88 86 80 84 84 84 70 50 50 50 50 50 50 50 40 - 20 10 00 Reading Language Science Social Studies Composite Math Core a Homeschool Public School HOMESCHOOLING COST $10,000 THE NATIONAL AVERAGE COST OF EDUCATING A CHILD IN PUBLIC SCHOOL IS APPROX $10,000 A YEAR. IT COSTS ABOUT $500 IN CURRICULUM TO TEACH A HOMESCHOOLED CHILD FAMILIES EMBRACE HOMESCHOOLING OVER PUBLIC SCHOOLING FOR A WIDE VARIETY OF REASONS, BUT SEVERAL REASONS CONTINUE TO RISE TO THE TOP. THE TOP THREE REASONS ARE 1. SAFETY FAMILIES ARE GENERALLY REFERRING TO MUCH LARGER ISSUES THAN ISOLATED TRAGEDIES WHEN THEY TALK ABOUT SCHOOL SAFETY. MANY PARENTS AGREE THAT THEIR CHILDREN ARE SAFER IN HOMESCHOOLS THAN IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS ACADEMIC QUALITY 2. HOMESCHOOL OFFERS QUALITY CURRICULUM AND THE FLEXIBILITY TO WORK ATA FASTER PACE IN THE SUBJECTS IN WHICH STUDENTS WANT TO EXCEL. 3. TRAVEL MANY HOMESCHOOL FAMILIES LIKE TO TRAVEL TOGETHER AS PART OF THEIR EDUCATION. THE FLEXIBLE SCHEDULE OF HOMESCHOOLING MAKES THESE OPPORTUNITIES MORE ACCESSIBLE, HOMESCHOOLING DELIVERS BETTER ACADEMIC RESULTS. FOREST TRAIL ACADEMY SOURCES www.synergyfield.com/homeschooling_parent/homeschooling/a-brief-history-of-american-homeschoolin www.sharefaith.com/guide/christian-education/homeschool/homeschool-history.html edeeek.org/ew/issues/home-schooling nces.ed.gov/pubs2009/2009030.pdf http://cnsnews.com/news/article/terence-p-jeffrey/1773000-homeschooled-children-618-10-years http://nextgenhomeschool.com/2014/01/20/state-homeschooling-three-decades-later/ http://hslda.org/docs/news/200908100.asp http://www.educationnews.org/parenting/number-of-homeschoolers-growing-nationwide/ http://homeschoolersanonymous.org/2015/05/04/the-history-of-homeschooling-1904-present/ http://www.responsiblehomeschooling.org/homeschooling-101/a-brief-history-of-homeschooling/ https://www.home-school.com/news/history-of-homeschooling.php http://www.responsiblehomeschooling.org/homeschooling-101/a-brief-history-of-homeschooling/ http://thefederalist.com/2015/09/01/why-homeschooling-is-growing/

Why Homeschool is Growing?

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Three decades ago home schooling was illegal in 30 states. It was considered a fringe phenomenon, pursued by cranks, and parents who tried it were often persecuted. Today it is legal everywhere, and i...

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