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== Homeschooling and Public Schools ==
 
== Homeschooling and Public Schools ==
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These links can all be seen in the vast difference between success in science education in [[homeschooling]] and [[public schools]], as homeschoolers show far superior scientific literacy (typically well above the 80th percentile)<ref>http://www.hslda.org/docs/nche/000010/200410250.asp</ref> and are less likely to buy into politicized issues as mentioned above, or pseudoscience in general, while the general publicly schooled population has difficulty with simple facts such as the earth going around the sun and the speed of light.<ref>http://www.nytimes.com/1988/10/25/science/poll-finds-americans-are-ignorant-of-science.html</ref>
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These links can all be seen in the vast difference between success in science education in [[homeschooling]] and [[public schools]], as homeschoolers show far superior scientific literacy (typically well above the 80th percentile)<ref>http://www.hslda.org/docs/nche/000010/200410250.asp</ref> and are less likely to buy into politicized issues as mentioned above, or pseudoscience in general, while the general publicly schooled population has difficulty with simple facts such as the earth going around the sun and the speed of light.<ref>http://www.nytimes.com/1988/10/25/science/poll-finds-americans-are-ignorant-of-science.html</ref> Among the general public, a staggering 93-95% "lacked fundamental knowledge of scientific vocabulary, methodology and an understanding of science's impact on the world."
    
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