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The homeschool population
Source: National Center for Education Statistics
Country: United States

A report that compares two studies of the rate of home schooling in the United States. (Adobe PDF). (10/00)

More Growth Ahead for Home Schooling
Source: Heartland Institute
Author: George Clowes
Country: United States

For the past decade and a half, home schooling has been one of the fastest-growing segments of the K-12 education industry, with a growth rate between 15 and 20 percent a year. Next year, the growth rate could be even higher because of a surge of parent interest in alternative methods of schooling following the massacre of 12 students at Columbine High School in Littleton, Colorado. (8/99)

Homeschooling: Back to the future?
Source: Cato Institute
Country: United States

Recent successes by homeschooled students have spotlighted the rapid growth of this alternative educational approach, fueled by families with a variety of motivations.

Scholastic achievement and demographic characteristics of home school students in 1998
Source: Education Policy Analysis/ERIC Clearinghouse on Assessment and Evaluation
Country: United States

A 1998 survey of homeschooled children found them well advanced academically and achieving at much higher levels than their peers in public schools. (3/99)

Homeschooling: Back to the Future?
Source: Cato Institute Policy Analysis
Author: Isabel Lyman
Country: United States

Homeschooling is already a certifiable success for thousands of parents unsatisfied with the public schools. It could be made an even more attractive option through the use of tax credits. Adobe PDF. (1/98)

Homeschooling comes of age
Source: Discovery Institute
Author: Patricia M. Lines
Country: United States

The rise of homeschooling is one of the most significant social trends of the past half century, argues the author in this review of homeschooling past, present, and yet to come. (6/26/00)

Home Education Across the United States
Source: Home School Legal Defense Association
Author: Brian Ray
Country: United States

"This study, Strengths of Their Own: Home Schoolers Across America, collected data on 5,402 home school students from 1,657 families for the 1994-95 and 1995-96 academic years. Nearly 6,000 surveys were sent to home school families using a variety of sources and methods." Findings are positive.

Homeschooling and citizenship
Source: Education Policy Analysis
Author: A. Bruce Arai
Country: United States

Argues that policies which encourage a diversity of understandings of good citizenship should form the basis of citizenship education both for schools and homeschoolers. (9/6/97)

An A for home schooling
Source: City Journal
Author: Brian C. Anderson
Country: United States

Increasing numbers of families are choosing to educate their children at home in order to escape mediocre public schools and a culture of which they disapprove. The results are impressive. (9/1/00)

Homeschooling in the United States: 1999
Source: National Center for Education Statistics
Country: United States

In the spring of 1999, an estimated 850,000 students nationwide were being homeschooled. This report, based on data from the Parent Survey of the National Household Education Survey, 1999, contains information about the characteristics of homeschooled children and their families. (Available in PDF format.) (08/01)

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