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Follow on Google News | Education in America: Homeschooling on the RiseThe homeschooling movement continues to gain momentum as home-educated students and graduates demonstrate success academically and socially.
By: Gena Suarez, Publisher, The Old Schoolhouse Mag. Homeschoolers are here to stay, because homeschooling works: • Homeschoolers (K–12) score an average 37 points above the national average on standardized achievement tests. (HSLDA, 2009) • “Homeschool students possess higher ACT scores, grade point averages (GPAs) and graduation rates when compared to traditionally- • Homeschool grads are “more likely to vote, volunteer for political campaigns, participate in boycotts or write letters to the editor. . . . Seventy-one percent of homeschool graduates participate in an ongoing community service activity compared to 37% of U.S. adults of similar ages.” (NHERI) Homeschoolers are definitely impacting the political scene, as evidenced not only by the recent election of Jaime Herrera, formerly a homeschooler, as a U.S. Representative (R-WA) but also by the enthusiastic participation of homeschooled students in grassroots organizations such as HSLDA’s Generation Joshua. • Research conducted by multiple sources has found “the home educated to be developing as well or better socially, emotionally, and psychologically than institutionally schooled children and youth.” Homeschool graduates are excelling in their occupations, contributions to their communities’ The U.S. economy is benefiting too. For example, homeschooling families obviously are committed to equip their students to keep abreast of technological advancements, as statistics show that the use of computer technology in their families nearly tripled that of the average U.S. family, based on national norms. As homeschoolers graduate and enter the workforce, U.S. industries who hire these well-prepared, independent thinkers are thriving. And there are even more winners—taxpayers benefit as well, because home educators receive no government funding, thus reducing the burden on taxpayers. “If there were 2 million homeschool students in the United States in 2009 and the direct per-pupil expenditure was $10,100, then the homeschool community saved American taxpayers $20.4 billion . . . .” (Dr. Brian Ray, NHERI) More and more parents are realizing it’s their responsibility to educate and mentor their children—it’ Paul and Gena Suarez, publishers of The Old Schoolhouse® About The Old Schoolhouse® End
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