| DID YOU KNOW? |
| Today an estimated 1.6–2.0 million children are being taught at home by their parents.
Brian Ray, Worldwide Guide to Homeschooling, Broadman & Holman, 2002, p.7. |
| On average, homeschool students in grades 1-4 perform one grade level higher than their public and private school counterparts.
Lawrence Rudner, |
| By grade 8, the average homeschool student performs four grade levels above the national average.
Rudner, Figure 3. |
| The number of families choosing to homeschool grows at an estimated annual rate of 7-15 percent.
Ray, p. 8. |
| In a web poll taken by 989 respondents, 49% said religious conviction is the main reason they continue homeschooling; 15% positive social environment; 14% academic excellence; 12% specific needs of child; 5% curriculum choice; and 5% flexibility. 79% of respondents were HSLDA members; 21% were not.
HSLDA web poll, 5/22–5/29/02. |
“It is our light, not our darkness, that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented and fabulous? Actually, who are you NOT to be? You are a child of God. And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence liberates others.”
