Category Archives: Homeschooling

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, Private schools, Reports, Research, Statutes, Students, Vouchers | Comments (0)

Youth Councils as Change Agents

August 22, 2007 – 10:41 am
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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, Private schools, Reform, Reports, Research, Vouchers | Comments (0)

Statistics on Educational Choices

December 3, 2006 – 7:23 pm
By Wayne Jennings | Also posted in Alternatives, Choices, Private schools, 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, International Educ, Reform, Reports | Comments (0)

Radical Alternative: Unschooling

January 18, 2006 – 7:37 pm
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Black Alliance for Educational Options

November 7, 2005 – 12:13 pm
By Wayne Jennings | Also posted in Alternatives, BAEO, 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 use online courses and programs and makes [...]

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District Choices

December 11, 2004 – 1:31 pm

More often these days, school districts offer a variety of choices. This might be to meet the growing competition for students from charter schools, nonpublic schools and homeschooling, all of which have eaten into district enrollments. Other reasons for offering choices include catering to student interests or ways of learning and to provide for a [...]

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Homeschooling Increasing

December 11, 2004 – 1:22 pm

Evidence of increased homeschooling comes from several sources with parents expressing a greater variety of interests. About 30 percent object to conventional school environments, about 30 want a values or religious tone, about 15 percent want a different academic focus, about 7 percent want their child’s particular interest served. An article in the St. Louis [...]

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Homeschooling as a Learning Alternative

June 11, 2004 – 9:06 am

Home schooling, as a learning alternative, has grown rapidly over the past two decades. The US Department of Education estimates approximately one million students being homeschooled– about 2% of the public education base. Homeschooling is usually divided into two broad categories: religious-values based and progressive education. These differ considerably with the religious based emphasizing more [...]

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Virtual Schools, More Choices

May 4, 2004 – 12:18 pm

The US Department of Education estimates that 50,000 students from 37 states attend virtual schools either full or part-time, a very rapidly expanding sector of school choice. Though critics worry about the lack of social contact and lack of regulation, parents are making the selection just as they do in the realm of homeschooling. The [...]

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