I was homeschooled by a combination of my parents and various tutors over the years. Pretty decent education.
I can see that being possible. I'm sure it gets a bad reputation when it can still be successful. What else can you tell me about it?
Yeah, a bad rep for sure because it's a less formal way of educating kids. But if the parents really care, it can even be better than public schools.
Are there any specific facts or statistics that you can tell me about it?
Well, more kids are homeschooled than you might think. There were around 2.3 million kids who were homeschooled in 2016 in the US.
That actually is a lot more than I imagined. Does it say anything that speaks to the quality of education? Or exactly what populations get homeschooled, etc.?
communities. In many developed countries, homeschooling is a legal alternative to public and private schools. In other nations, homeschooling remains illegal or restricted to specific conditions, as recorded by homeschooling international status and statistics.
According to the US National Center for Education Statistics, about three percent of all children in the US were homeschooled in 2011–2012 school year. The study found that 83 percent were White, 5 percent were Black, 7 percent were Hispanic, and 2 percent were Asian or Pacific Islander. As of 2016, there
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