Category Archives: Homeschooling

Research on School Choice

December 2, 2010 – 3:59 pm

The National Center on School Choice conducts scholarly research on school choice including such topics as: charter schools, magnet schools, voucher programs, private schools and inter/intra distict choice. The center located at Vanderbilt University is funded ($13.5 million) by the USDE Institute of Education Sciences since 2004 with partners among others at Brown, Harvard, Indiana, Notre Dame and Stanford [...]

By Wayne Jennings | Also posted in Alternatives, Charter schools, Choices, Magnet schools, Reports, Research, U.S. Dept. of Educ., Vouchers | Comments (0)

Homeschooling Sharp Increase

January 8, 2009 – 12:14 pm

The percentage of the school-age population that was home-schooled showed a significant increase from 2.2% in 2003 to 2.9% in 2007 according to a U.S. Department of Education report. The number of home-schooled kids hit 1.5 million in 2007, up 36% since 2003. The report identified seven reasons parents give as their motivation for home-schooling [...]

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Status of Choices in the U.S.

September 3, 2007 – 2:30 pm
By Wayne Jennings | Also posted in Alternatives, Center for Ed. Reform, Charter schools, Choices, Database, Ed Com of States, Nonpublic schools, Online learning, Parents, Policy, Reports, Research, Statutes, Students, Vouchers | Comments (0)

Youth Councils as Change Agents

August 22, 2007 – 10:41 am
By Wayne Jennings | Also posted in Choices, Democratic schools, Education Evolving, Nat. Youth Lead Coun, Parents, Personalized Educ, Reports, Students | Comments (0)

Significant Choice Information and Reports

February 3, 2007 – 9:47 am
By Wayne Jennings | Also posted in Alternatives, Charter schools, Choices, Competition, Database, Nonpublic schools, Policy, Reform, Reports, Research, Vouchers | Comments (0)

Statistics on Educational Choices

December 3, 2006 – 7:23 pm
By Wayne Jennings | Also posted in Alternatives, Choices, Reports, Research, U.S. Dept. of Educ. | Comments (0)

Unschooling Versus Homeschooling

November 28, 2006 – 10:55 am
By Wayne Jennings | Also posted in Alternatives, Unschooling | Comments (0)

2006 Homeschooling Report

April 22, 2006 – 4:20 pm
By Wayne Jennings | Also posted in Reports | Comments (0)

Personalized Education

February 18, 2006 – 8:39 am
By Wayne Jennings | Also posted in Alternatives, Choices, Democratic schools, Ed Alt for Everyone, Reform, Reports | Comments (0)

Radical Alternative: Unschooling

January 18, 2006 – 7:37 pm
By Wayne Jennings | Also posted in Alternatives, Choices, Unschooling | Comments (0)

Black Alliance for Educational Options

November 7, 2005 – 12:13 pm
By Wayne Jennings | Also posted in Alternatives, Charter schools, Choices, Vouchers | Comments (0)

Virtual Schools Study

March 19, 2005 – 10:53 am

A thorough study of funding and regulations of online (virtual) schools in Washington enlightens the subject about such topics as: Requirements for teacher contact Amount of funding and fiscal impact Record keeping Public policy and support Defining online learning Homeschooling impact This carefully conducted and well-written report found that both “high” and “low” achieving students [...]

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