That statistic may seem shocking if you’ve been a stranger to the growth of the homeschooling movement
In North Carolina, the number of homeschoolers has now surpassed the number of students attending private schools.
That statistic may seem shocking if you’ve been a stranger to the growth of the homeschooling movement, which has rapidly increased in recent decades.
In 1973, there were approximately 13,000 children, ages 5 to 17, being homeschooled in the United States. But according to the National Center for Education Statistics, as of the 2011-2012 school year, that number has grown to almost 1.8 million or approximately 3.4 percent of the school age population. Other sources report numbers well over 2 million.
In the Tar Heel state alone, homeschooling has increased by 27 percent over the past two years.
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4 comments:
Go figure, freaking hillbilly's.
I think most households could not afford private school . The majority of 2 parent homes are fed up with the school systems today. It makes sense to home school if at all possible. The internet has a wealth of information for home schooling.
12:36 that is a tacky comment. What school did you attend? What is the purpose in brothering to post such uneducation trash.
2:08 That, and private schools are not as good as everyone leads you to believe. You may not have gangs, but there's still plenty of bullying, and lots of drugs.
Anonymous Anonymous said...
Go figure, freaking hillbilly's.
September 10, 2014 at 12:36 PM
you sound like a product of public education.
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