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Article: Education Next: As Popularity of Home Schooling Grows, Greater Numbers and More Diversity Among Families Choosing Option.
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- November 19, 2008
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STANFORD, Calif. -- Home schooling is now popular among a broader and more representative group of the American public than ever before. According to recent findings from the Education Next/Program on Education Policy and Governance (PEPG) 2008 national education survey, 45 percent of Americans report that they know a family that home schools a child--up from 40 percent in 2007--and 64 percent of public school teachers report knowing a home schooling family.
Interestingly, household income levels of home schooling families closely mirror those of public school families, reports education professor Milton Gaither in the new issue of Education Next. Among both ...