Home Schooling Numbers Increase Steadily

Home Schooling Numbers Increase Steadily
By [http://ezinearticles.com/?expert=Mike_Ramidden]Mike Ramidden

More families each year are taking their children out of public schools and home schooling them instead because the parents believe that their children can learn better and faster without the many distractions and negative influences that are part of the package with public school environments.

Even though it is often viewed by those in the mainstream as revolutionary or eccentric, the trend toward home schooling is growing and is gaining in popularity and respectability and is winning over an increasing number of supporters.

According to researchers who study such trends, the numbers of home schoolers in the U.S. has swelled considerably, growing from approximately 15,000 back in 1970 to over 500,000 by 1990, and estimated at over 1.1 million as of 2003.

Homeschooling and Their Advantages

Author: Jane Lim
Advantages Of Homeschooling – Here Is Why Your Child Will Benefit From It
Are you interested of homeschooling your child? I hope you stick around, because I will be sharing with you a few advantages of homeschooling. In my opinion, your child will greatly benefit from homeschooling compared to being part of the usual education system. By the end of this article, I hope you will have a better idea of the advantages, so without further ado, let me get started!

Homeschool Transcripts and Public Schools

Author: smanuva123
Two families, two students, same question, same answer.

A mom called me for transcript help.  Her daughter homeschooled for two years, using Alpha Omega LifePacs and Weaver Curriculum for 9th and 10th grade.  Once her daughter got up to grade level, she wanted her to go back to public school.  She asked me how to get her homeschool transcript accepted by a public high school.

Home school and college admissions

Author: Sunil Punjabi
A home schoolers college education becomes a question mark without a transcript. During recent times, college admission process for home schoolers has become easier. Nowadays, even the finest of the universities do not demand a high school diploma or a transcript for giving admission to a suitable and deserving homeschooler.

Your Calls Worked! House of Representatives Votes to Protect Homeschool Military Enlistees

William A. Estrada, Esq.

Last week, we asked you to call your U.S. representativeand ask him or her to support the bipartisan Kline-Hunter-Andrews-Polis Amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). This amendment was to ensure that homeschool graduates who wished to enlist in the armed forces were not required to score higher on the military’s initial enlistment test than public or private school graduates.
Thanks to your calls, the amendment was unanimously added to the NDAA. It was included in the final bill that passed the House last week and was sent to the U.S. Senate. Your calls made the difference!

The Homeschooling Decision; How the Lord Changes Hearts and Minds

Author: The Old Schoolhouse Magazine
The Homeschool Decision: How the Lord Changes Hearts and Minds
By Deborah Wuehler, Senior Editor
'We know without a doubt it is God\'s calling . . . . We homeschool just as we breathe.' This was just one part of a response from the question of how one family was led to homeschooling. As I asked the question of other homeschoolers, I was incredibly encouraged and overwhelmed with the rich answers that were given. Although all the answers were very different from one another, they all pointed to one God Who orchestrated every event in their lives to bring them to make one of the most important decisions they could ever make—that of home education.

9 Easy Steps: High School Graduation Checklist

Author: Lee Binz
Aim for College

Parents can provide a college preparation during high school for every student, which can benefit every child. If they ultimately don’t go to college, then your homeschool education will be the only education they get. Make it great! They’ll be well prepared for life and their civic responsibilities. Plus, if they ever change their mind and decide to go to college, they will have a much easier time getting in. On the other hand, some parents know early on that their children are college bound. For them, a college prep education can influence the quality of the colleges they get admitted to. College preparation can benefit everyone!
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