Home schooling remains strong alternative

BevK August 28th, 2006

http://news.yahoo.com/s/u…rongalternative

A recent USA TODAY headline proclaimed ” Home-schooled students defecting to online learning programs” (USA TODAY.com, News, Aug. 21).
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My wife and I home-school our children, and we are members of a thriving home-school support group. The article’s one example of a family that has decided to use the online learning curriculum of a public school does not show that the online education alternative is a nationwide trend.

Where are the statistics? I would be willing to wager there are more students in public schools who are turning to home schooling than there are home-schooled students turning to online curricula with public schools.

How many of the 180 extra students expected to enroll online this year at Minnesota Connections Academy are coming straight from public schools, and how many are turning from home-schooled environments?

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