[Carry_Okie]

About 2 million students across the nation are home-schooled today, and the rate is growing by 15 percent to 20 percent a year, according to Rob Ziegler, a spokesman for the Home School Legal Defense Association in Purcellville,

At a 20% per annum growth rate, that number doubles every four years and hits the magic 5 million mark in five years. That is over 10% of the school-age population in the US. That growth rate has held steady for over a decade.

[Teacher317]

Wow, I had no idea. That's great news... but... look for the NEA to get some pocketed legislators to start passing new laws really soon. The dragon never lets itself starve to death, and it won't want to change just because we mere subjects want it to serve us rather than the other way around.

[Salvation]

At a 20% per annum growth rate, that number doubles every four years and hits the magic 5 million mark in five years. That is over 10% of the school-age population in the US. That growth rate has held steady for over a decade.

And just think of the FTE (full-time-equivalent), a part of the ratio that is used to determine the amount of federal $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ that those local schools are entitled to!!

Lower FTE = Lower $$$$$$$$ amount!