HOME SCHOOL STATISTICS

HomeLife Academy ^ | 29 Sep 2003

[mrs tiggywinkle]

Excellent article.

[xzins]

Look at the last section about why homeschoolers are succeeding.

There are some things to consider there about the advantages that homeschoolers have. Intact families, higher income, high regard for education.

I think that anything that works deserves a pat on the back. (Although you wonder how many homeschoolers don't take these tests, and therefore, their numbers are not included in the averages.)

A friends daughter just clepped out of college and went directly to law school.....she's homeschooled and 19 years old.

[CyberCowboy777]

Thanks for posting this.

[ConservativeDude]

"A friends daughter just clepped out of college and went directly to law school"

What law school? This is fascinating b/c it shows the out of the box thinking of a law school admissions office....not a venue generally known for out of the box thinking.

[Aquinasfan]

Way cool. Great resource!

It's obvious why the NEA hates homeschooling.

[xzins]

Look at the part about how much money homeschoolers spend? It's mindboggling trying to balance that with the 7-10 thousand per child spent by the public school system.

[xzins]

It in Chicago....not U of Chicago.

Gosh....starts with a "B" I think.

He told me that with 8 kids and homeschooling he had to find a way for his kids to get a cheap college education. Then he discovered the U of Oklahoma has a clep program that enables a person to clep out of a subject based on a clep test and about 55 bucks per class (or per credit hour...I forget which). In any case, she went to college that way. Studying and clepping.

Then she applied to law schools and this one in Chicago accepted her.

Anyone know a law school in/around Chicago that might start with a "B?"

[Carry_Okie]

Bookmarked and thank you very much. This one gets sent to every professional educator of whom I am aware.

[CyberCowboy777]

Another anomaly is the statistical increase in Public Education scores from Home School students that go to a public school for a class or two. Even when only a day a week or for one class the school gets to add that students scores.

Allot Home School parents take advantage of these programs but have to allow the student to be tested and counted by the public school.

[CyberCowboy777]

Private schools show the disparity as well.

A good private school may spend 3 grand to a public schools 10 grand and still provide a better education.

[xzins]

There's something broken in the actual educating part in public schools.

[southernbychoice]

bookmark

[<1/1,000,000th%]

Great post!!

[4mycountry]

[CyberCowboy777]

I personally think this can/could be the source of a balkanized nation in the future.

Children are not taught to learn or to think, they are taught to be a cog, to listen and perform to a acceptable standard.

Once adults it continues with politicians and the media.

When a country has no guidance though logic or enlightenment from history it will weaken. In the chaos we will turn more and more to direct democracy and that will fracture this nation, just as it has done to societies in the past.

[only1percent]

Probably not a fully-accredited law school. ABA-approved law schools may enroll only holders of bachelors degrees or their foreign equivalents, with some very limited exceptions for concurrent enrollment (when you do your first year of law school simultaneous with finishing your last year of college).

California has a wide variety of partially accredited (state approved) and totally unaccredited law schools. The totally unaccrediteds can do more or less whatever they want. They also have ultimate bar pass rates in the low double digits (15%-20% for the better ones...)

[netmilsmom]

You are toooo clever!!

[only1percent]

Children are not taught to learn or to think, they are taught to be a cog, to listen and perform to a acceptable standard.

Home school critics think that home schools are guilty of this sin themselves, i.e., teaching kids to believe and spout back certain things instead of thinking critically.

It seems like a mixed-bag to me. I've met some very smart, thoughful home schoolers. I've also met some severely closed-minded and ill-educated home schoolers, too.

A lot comes down to motivation. Parents who want to raise smart children who learn in their own ways and are free to think beyond bureaucratic boundaries do a wonderful job. Parents who want to isolate their children from corrupting influences and ensure that they have the exact same social, political and religious beliefs that their parents have, do a terrible job. In any event, though, it's the parents' right and choice to do it however they see fit.

[CyberCowboy777]

I would only say that critical thinking and an open mind are not the same thing.

I for one do not have an open mind per say, I do however think for myself. An open mind is about being fair and feeling good, thinking for oneself is about being right.