I was homeschooled growing up. Like many families, mine preferred a less formal way of educating.
Interesting. I have always wondered why people would choose homeschooling over traditional way of schooling
Homeschooling is quite popular. There are approximately 2 million homeschooled students.
That number is too big to believe. So why did your parents chose homeschooling for you?
states set standards.
Prevalence.
Originally homeschooling in the United States was practiced mainly underground or in rural areas. In the 1970s, several books called attention to homeschooling, and more families began to homeschool their children. As of 2012, about 1.8 million students were homeschooled.
The United States Department of Education estimates that 1.5 million K-12 students were homeschooled in the United States in 2007 (with a confidence interval of 1.3 million to 1.7 million), constituting nearly three percent of students. This was up from 850,000
of diverse teaching philosophies and cultural and social life styles."
K–12 education Public and private schools Home schooling.
In 2014, approximately 1.5 million children were homeschooled, up 84% from 1999 when the U.S. Department of Education first started keeping statistics. This was 2.9% of all children.
As of spring 2016, there are 2.3 million homeschooled students in the United States. It is appearing that homeschooling is a continuing trend in the US with a 2 percent to 8 percent per annum over the past few years