Who are homeschoolers?

Tota Number of Homeschooler i th US:

1,508,000
Why do people homeschool?
Public schools are spending less and
less on arts and musical education.
Nearly 1/3 of American students are bullied
daily in public and private schools.
Bullying victims are between 2 and 9
times more likely to consider suicide.
Suicide is the 3rd leading cause of death
of young people in the USA.
Federal funding is down 6% from 2011 and is continuing to decline.
WHY HOMESCHOOL?
THE FACE OF HOMESCHOOLING IS CHANGING. THERES LESS CONFIDENCE
THAN EVER BEFORE IN TRADITIONAL EDUCATIONAL METHODS IN THE U.S.
Average SAT score of a homeschool student 1083
National Average SAT score under 1000
Average ACT score of a homeschool student 22.6
National average ACT Score 21.1
Top Reason for Hom Schoolin
(Multiple Answer Survey)
In 2012 more than half of state governments decreased funding for music and art education.
Homeeducated children are more likely, over
the course of their life, to get a college
degree, vote and participate in government,
be satisfied with their job, and twice as likely
to be very happy overall.
57%
of American students
are not academically
prepared for college
75%
of home educated students say they
were glad to be homeschooled!
38.4 % Desire to provide religious or moral instruction
25.6 % Dissatisfaction with academic instructions at public schools
16.8 % Family reasons
15.1 % To develop character and morality
12.1 % Object to what school teaches
11.6 % School doesnt challenge child
Sources
http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/sideshow/sat-scores-continuedecline--57-percent-of-incoming-freshmen-not-ready-for-college-001618038.html
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/09/05/education-funding-drops-i_n_1855826.html
http://rankingamerica.wordpress.com/tag/education/
http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/12/03/21733705-us-teens-lag-in-global-education-rankings-as-asian-countries-rise-to-the-top?lite
http://www.bullyingstatistics.org/content/bullying-and-suicide.html
http://www.bullyingstatistics.org/content/school-bullying.html
http://www.hslda.org/research/ray2003/homeschoolinggrowsup.pdf
24th
America is
ranked near the
bottom of first world
nations for education...
Yet we spend the most
per student: SIX times
more than the next
closest nation in
spending, Japan.
We are ranked 24th in
the world for literacy.
Public schools are on the decline.
Average academic percentile of a homeschool student
77th
Average reading percentile of a homeschool student
79th
Average math percentile of a homeschool student
73rd
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Common Core State Standard
implementation in over 40 states
has cause for concern.
Standardized test cores are
dropping in states that have
adopted the CCSS.