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<blockquote data-quote="HONOR" data-source="post: 2922565" data-attributes="member: 95810">Alrighty, this is what I have managed to come up with.&nbsp; 2.2% of the population homeschools according to the NHES.&nbsp; The exact number is unknown (many people do not report that they are even homeschooling their children).&nbsp; The average home school family income is 52000 dollars, as compared to the average US family income of 36000 dollars.&nbsp; 98% of the parents are married.&nbsp; Student success seems to be dependent upon how much money they parents spend on education, parental education, family income and television.&nbsp; Wow, just like public school.And I thought I would throw this quote out, as found at a web site for homeschooling.&quot;These comparisons between home school students and students nationwide must be interpreted with a great deal of caution. This was not a controlled experiment. Students were not randomly assigned public, private or home schools. As a result, the reported achievement differences between groups do not control for background differences in the home school and general United States population and, more importantly, cannot be attributed to the type of school a child attends. This study does not demonstrate that home schooling is superior to public or private schools. It should not be cited as evidence that our public schools are failing. It does not indicate that children will perform better academically if they are home schooled. The design of this study and the data do not warrant such claims. All the comparisons of home school students with the general population and with the private school population in this report fail to consider a myriad of differences between home school and public school students. We have no information as to what the achievement levels of home school students would be had they been enrolled in public or private schools.&quot;Lawrence Rudner&nbsp;as found on www.homeschoolfoundation.orgOh, and mathematics is weaker amoung those who are homeschooled then those who go to either public or private schools.&nbsp; If math is weaker, it is not a significant leap to figure that science is weaker too.You aren&#039;t actually trying to denegrate the importance of science can you?&nbsp; Esecially as that is the main area that we, as a country, are finding so difficult to compeat with Japan and other countries in.&nbsp; Face it, the world is turning to science and other technical fields.&nbsp; I fully am aware of the fact that not all students are college bound.&nbsp; Of course, I don&#039;t just write them off my expectations either.&nbsp; I expect them to do the best they can and I expect them to learn to the extent that they are able.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="HONOR, post: 2922565, member: 95810"] Alrighty, this is what I have managed to come up with. 2.2% of the population homeschools according to the NHES. The exact number is unknown (many people do not report that they are even homeschooling their children). The average home school family income is 52000 dollars, as compared to the average US family income of 36000 dollars. 98% of the parents are married. Student success seems to be dependent upon how much money they parents spend on education, parental education, family income and television. Wow, just like public school. And I thought I would throw this quote out, as found at a web site for homeschooling. "These comparisons between home school students and students nationwide must be interpreted with a great deal of caution. This was not a controlled experiment. Students were not randomly assigned public, private or home schools. As a result, the reported achievement differences between groups do not control for background differences in the home school and general United States population and, more importantly, cannot be attributed to the type of school a child attends. This study does not demonstrate that home schooling is superior to public or private schools. It should not be cited as evidence that our public schools are failing. It does not indicate that children will perform better academically if they are home schooled. The design of this study and the data do not warrant such claims. All the comparisons of home school students with the general population and with the private school population in this report fail to consider a myriad of differences between home school and public school students. We have no information as to what the achievement levels of home school students would be had they been enrolled in public or private schools." Lawrence Rudner as found on www.homeschoolfoundation.org Oh, and mathematics is weaker amoung those who are homeschooled then those who go to either public or private schools. If math is weaker, it is not a significant leap to figure that science is weaker too. You aren't actually trying to denegrate the importance of science can you? Esecially as that is the main area that we, as a country, are finding so difficult to compeat with Japan and other countries in. Face it, the world is turning to science and other technical fields. I fully am aware of the fact that not all students are college bound. Of course, I don't just write them off my expectations either. I expect them to do the best they can and I expect them to learn to the extent that they are able. [/QUOTE]

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