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Home-schooling in the modern world: Success of home-schooled children
Seattle Times ^
| November 29, 2005
| Shaunti Feldhahn
Posted on 11/29/2005 1:34:50 AM PST by Lorianne
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To: John O
John,
Best wishes to you and your daughter. While my children are "homeschooled," it seems like ALL of their friends attend public school !
And among them, I've seen some pretty sharp public-schooled teenagers who have their values, aspirations and dreams pointed in the right direction.
I have to that if you make it a labor of love to be a parent--it is secondary how your children get educated.
To: Labyrinthos
You seem to be the only one concerned with these statistics. School districts vary greatly. I would never put my kids in an average or under average school system. Many urban school districts do have scores in the 90s with a greater percentage of public school kids going on to college. ONLY 50% HOME SCHOOLED KIDS GO ON TO COLLEGE. THE SAT SCORES YOU SEE FOR HOME SCHOOLERS ARE ONLY THESE 50% of students. Where are the other 50%. Unfortunately, we know where they aren't--college. Finally, the Seattle School District posted the home schooled students' scores. Out of 14 high schools, only two high schools had lower scores than the home schooled. Only 23% of the home schooled kids met the standard. Parents of home schooled kids have greatly resisted the publishing of scores. Now, we know why. I am sure it works for some, approximately 50% it seems. Oh, also, why do we allow home school failures to re-enter the public schools and take more than their share of the resources.
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