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homeschool facts and one person's opinion

FACTS ABOUT HOMESCHOOLING There are between 1.5-2.0 million home-schooled students Home education comprises roughly 3-4% of all school-aged children Home-schooling continues to grow approximately 10% per year Approximately 80% of parents are home-schooling with only a high school education Home-schoolers are more rural than average Approximately 90% of home-schoolers are non-minorities Approximately three-fourths of home-schoolers would identify themselves as Christians People home school because it minimizes negative socialization People home school because of their desire to transmit a particular set of values to their children Another fact to note is that socialization for home school kids is primarily with other home school kids. If the majority of home school kids are educated by parents with a high school diploma, how is that better then a public or private school education? Of equal concern is the fear that values differ from those taught at home. So what. Why the lack of trust