More than two million children homeschooled in the United States
Purcellville, Virginia, January 7, 2010 ( Notifam ) - In a new study released today, the National Home Education Research Institute (NHERI) [National Institute for Research on Home Education] estimates that in 2010 there in the United States more than 2 million children being homeschooled.
"The growth of the modern movement of home education has been remarkable," said Michael Smith, president of the Association for the Legal Defense Home School. "Just 30 years ago there were only an estimated 20,000 children who were educated at home."
According to the Office of the United States Census (2008) estimated that in the spring of 2010 there were 54 million children aged 4 to 16 years of age in the U.S., which means that children are educated at home represent almost 4% of school-age population, ie 1 in 25 children.
NHERI The study used data from government and private sources in order to reach the figure of two million.
The explosive growth in the movement of home education has been accompanied by an increase in openness to children who are educated at home in academia in general. Increasingly higher education institutions are aimed at children studying at home, after studies have shown repeatedly that students educated at home tend to outperform their conventionally educated peers.
According to The Old Schoolhouse, a journal of homeschooling, a number of institutions have even been set up as "link on the home schooling and the recruitment specialists" to serve incoming students and their families .
A 2010 study published in the Journal of admission to the University found that "students of home schools have test scores for admission to college, undergraduate grade point averages and higher graduation rates when as compared with traditionally schooled students. "
also found "that students who are homeschooled obtained higher grade point averages in the first year and fourth year when controlling for demographic factors, pre-university engagement and the first term."
original English version in http://www.lifesitenews.com/news/over-two-million-children-homeschooled-in-us
Source: Notifam
Disclosure: Julio Severo in English
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