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| Educational Briefs Regarding Homeschooling Home educators and their families are not dependent on public, tax-funded resources. (In Oregon in 1997, they appeared to be saving taxpayers at least $61 million per year.) Dr. Howard Richman and his colleagues have found that the home educated in Pennsylvania score, on average, at the 86th percentile in reading and the 73rd percentile in math. (The national average is the 50th percentile.) Dr. Larry Shyers observed children in free play and group interaction activities. Conventionally schooled children had significantly more problem behaviors than did the home educated. This is probably because the primary models of behavior for the home educated are their parents. Dr. Gary Knowles, of the University of Michigan, explored adults who were home educated. None were unemployed and none were on welfare, 94% said home education prepared them to be independent persons, 79% said it helped them interact with individuals from different levels of society, and they strongly supported the home education method. About 1.5 to 1.9 million students in grades K to 12 were home educated during 2000-2001. [ED. NOTE: This writer and his wife home schooled three of our four children for some part (or all) of their pre-college education and we're very pleased with the results.] --Donald S. McAlvany, The McAlvany Intelligence Advisor, Nov. 2002, pg. 16 |
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