[netmilsmom]

Help. This article has started an fight in our house. My hubby says that the vast majority of students in the country are Public Schooled. I say that that trend is greatly changing. More kids are homeschooled, charter schooled and private schooled. He says no way. Does someone have the stats on this and how many of these kids go to college?

[GummyIII]

This isn't exactly what you wanted, but good stats, nevertheless: Home School Stats

[Chad Fairbanks]

DOn't know if this will help...

http://www.heritage.org/Research/Education/WM134.cfm

If not, tell him to agree with you anyway, or he can sleep on the couch ;0)

[applemac_g4]

"My hubby says that the vast majority of students in the country are Public Schooled."

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Your husband is correct.

[RightOnline]

Strictly in terms of raw numbers of students, your husband is probably correct (too many parents are too "busy" or otherwise too lazy to homeschool; it's too convenient to dump the kids off onto the public schools during the day). If you look at trends........which educational channel / method is growing fastest........you win. Homeschooling, hands down, is the fastest growing educational trend in America.

[narses]

Hubby wins, for now. The numbers 30 years ago were 90/10, they are now AT LEAST 75/25 and probably 70/30.

[Aquinasfan]

My hubby says that the vast majority of students in the country are Public Schooled.

Yes. Around 90%. But, so what? 90% of all kids are watching "Sponge Bob Squarepants."

I say that that trend is greatly changing.

For homeschooling. Estimates range from 1-2% of all school age children, up from 0 or statistically insignificant ten years ago.

More kids are homeschooled, charter schooled and private schooled.

No big movement to private education. Charter schools are relatively new.

He says no way. Does someone have the stats on this and how many of these kids go to college?

I don't know about college, but test-wise, homeschoolers rank higher than private schoolers, at around the 85th percentile.

But that's not why we homeschool. We homeschool first so that our children can learn about God, secondly so that they can learn how to think.