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In the United States, as of 2003, an estimated 1.1 million students - about 2.2% of children in grades K-12 - were homeschooled. <ref>[http://nces.ed.gov/pubs2006/homeschool/estimated.asp] Homeschooling in the United States: 2003 Statistical Analysis Report, National Center for Educational Statistics, NCES 2006-042, Feb 2006</ref>  
 
In the United States, as of 2003, an estimated 1.1 million students - about 2.2% of children in grades K-12 - were homeschooled. <ref>[http://nces.ed.gov/pubs2006/homeschool/estimated.asp] Homeschooling in the United States: 2003 Statistical Analysis Report, National Center for Educational Statistics, NCES 2006-042, Feb 2006</ref>  
  
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Families who homeschool do so for a number of reasons.  Frequently mentioned reasons include concern about safety, drugs, and peer pressure at other schools, dissatisfaction with academic instruction at other schools, the ability to provide religious or moral instruction along with academics, the ability to control what the child is being taught, flexibility in meeting the needs of a child with special needs (such as a physical or mental health problem, a temporary illness, or giftedness), and flexibility in scheduling family life.  <ref>[http://nces.ed.gov/pubs2006/homeschool/TableDisplay.asp?TablePath=TablesHTML/table_4.asp ] Homeschooling in the United States: 2003 Statistical Analysis Report, National Center for Educational Statistics, NCES 2006-042, Feb 2006</ref>
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Families who homeschool do so for a number of reasons.  Most homeschool to protect the Christian faith of their children, and to preserve their family values.  Other frequently mentioned reasons include concern about safety, drugs, and peer pressure at other schools, dissatisfaction with academic instruction at other schools, the ability to provide religious or moral instruction along with academics, the ability to control what the child is being taught, flexibility in meeting the needs of a child with special needs (such as a physical or mental health problem, a temporary illness, or giftedness), and flexibility in scheduling family life.  <ref>[http://nces.ed.gov/pubs2006/homeschool/TableDisplay.asp?TablePath=TablesHTML/table_4.asp ] Homeschooling in the United States: 2003 Statistical Analysis Report, National Center for Educational Statistics, NCES 2006-042, Feb 2006</ref>
  
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In the United States, opting out of public schools is not new. When Thomas Edison's public school teacher said he was "addled," Edison's mother took him out of public school and taught him at home. But because of compulsory education laws&mdash;the first was passed in Massachusetts in 1852, and by 1918 every state had them&mdash;schooling at home was a violation of truancy laws, and was rare until the 1970s.  
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In the United States, opting out of public schools is not new. When Thomas Edison's public school teacher said he was "addled," Edison's mother took him out of public school and taught him at home. But because of compulsory education laws&mdash;the first was passed in Massachusetts in 1852, and by 1918 every state had them&mdash;schooling at home has at times been a violation of truancy laws, and was rare until the 1970s.  
  
 
The origin of the U. S. homeschooling movement is often credited to John Holt and his 1964 book ''How Children Fail.'' Holt was "a left-winger who regarded schools as instruments of the bureaucratic-industrial complex."<ref>Micklethwait, John and Adrian Wooldridge, ''The Right Nation: Conservative Power in America.'' Penguin, 2004. pp. 190-1</ref> However, the movement was also catalyzed when social conservatives became alarmed at the 1962 U. S. Supreme Court ruling which banned school-sponsored prayer in public schools.
 
The origin of the U. S. homeschooling movement is often credited to John Holt and his 1964 book ''How Children Fail.'' Holt was "a left-winger who regarded schools as instruments of the bureaucratic-industrial complex."<ref>Micklethwait, John and Adrian Wooldridge, ''The Right Nation: Conservative Power in America.'' Penguin, 2004. pp. 190-1</ref> However, the movement was also catalyzed when social conservatives became alarmed at the 1962 U. S. Supreme Court ruling which banned school-sponsored prayer in public schools.
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Throughout history, some high-profile people have been educated at home, though it should be noted that prior to the 19th century most children worldwide were educated within their family. Here is a list of some of them:
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Throughout history, a disproportionate number of achievers have benefited from being homeschooled. Here is a growing list of some of them:
  
 
*[[Mary Breckinridge]] (1881-1965), pioneering American midwife and founder of Kentucky's Frontier Nursing Service.  Mary's father was a diplomat, and she was educated in America and abroad by private tutors.<ref>Frontier Nursing Service[http://www.frontiernursing.org/History/MaryBreckinridge.shtm] </ref>
 
*[[Mary Breckinridge]] (1881-1965), pioneering American midwife and founder of Kentucky's Frontier Nursing Service.  Mary's father was a diplomat, and she was educated in America and abroad by private tutors.<ref>Frontier Nursing Service[http://www.frontiernursing.org/History/MaryBreckinridge.shtm] </ref>
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*[[Adam Yahiye Gadahn]]<ref>[http://www.newyorker.com/fact/content/articles/070122fa_fact_khatchadourian]</ref>
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*[[Robert Browning]] (1812-1889), a brilliant English poet.  
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*[[John Walker Lindh]] Checkered educational history, in and out of public schools, partly homeschooled.<ref>[http://www.blessedcause.org/BlessedCause%20Exclusives%20II/ReelingFromLiesofHM.htm]</ref>
 
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* [[Christopher Paolini]] (1983-), the author of the Inheritance Trilogy (Eragon, Eldest, and a third book yet unreleased). He was home-schooled by his parents, through an accredited correspondence course from the American School in Chicago, Illinois, from which he graduated with his high school diploma at 15 years of age.  <ref>Book Browse Author Biography: Christopher Paolini[http://www.bookbrowse.com/biographies/index.cfm?author_number=934]</ref>
 
 
*[[Franklin D. Roosevelt]] (1882-1945), U.S. President.  Was educated by private tutors at home through age 14, then entered Groton, an elite private school in Massachusetts, in 1896. <ref>The Eleanor Roosevelt Papers.  "Franklin D. Roosevelt." Teaching Eleanor Roosevelt, ed. by Allida Black, June Hopkins, et. al. (Hyde Park, New York: Eleanor Roosevelt National Historic Site, 2003).  
 
*[[Franklin D. Roosevelt]] (1882-1945), U.S. President.  Was educated by private tutors at home through age 14, then entered Groton, an elite private school in Massachusetts, in 1896. <ref>The Eleanor Roosevelt Papers.  "Franklin D. Roosevelt." Teaching Eleanor Roosevelt, ed. by Allida Black, June Hopkins, et. al. (Hyde Park, New York: Eleanor Roosevelt National Historic Site, 2003).  
 
[http://www.nps.gov/archive/elro/glossary/roosevelt-franklin.htm]</ref>  
 
[http://www.nps.gov/archive/elro/glossary/roosevelt-franklin.htm]</ref>  
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*[[Mark Twain]] (1835-1910), American author and satirist
 
*[[Mark Twain]] (1835-1910), American author and satirist
 
*[[Andrew Wyeth]] (1917- ), American artist, was tutored at home until he was 18.  <ref>The Homeschooling of Andrew Wyeth, A Conversation with the Artist, Gifted Children Monthly, May 1986, Vol 7 No. 5.[http://www.nfgcc.org/51.htm] </ref>
 
*[[Andrew Wyeth]] (1917- ), American artist, was tutored at home until he was 18.  <ref>The Homeschooling of Andrew Wyeth, A Conversation with the Artist, Gifted Children Monthly, May 1986, Vol 7 No. 5.[http://www.nfgcc.org/51.htm] </ref>
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== Arguably Homeschooled ==
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<br>[[Leonardo da Vinci]]
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<br>[[Claude Monet]]
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<br>[[Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart]]
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<br>[[Stonewall Jackson]]
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<br>[[John Paul Jones]]
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<br>[[Robert E. Lee]]
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<br>[[Douglas MacArthur]]
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<br>[[George Patton]]
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<br>[[Alexander Graham Bell]]
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<br>[[Thomas Edison]]
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<br>[[Cyrus McCormick]]
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<br>[[The Wright Brothers|Orville and Wilbur Wright]]
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<br>[[George Washington]]
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<br>[[John Adams|John Quincy Adams]]
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<br>[[James Madison]]
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<br>[[William Henry Harrison]]
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<br>[[John Tyler]]
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<br>[[Abraham Lincoln]]
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<br>[[Theodore Roosevelt]]
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<br>[[Joan of Arc]]
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<br>[[John the Baptist]]
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<br>[[Jesus|Jesus Christ]]
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<br>[[William Cary]]
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<br>[[Jonathan Edwards]]
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<br>[[Dwight L. Moody]]
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<br>[[John Newton]]
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<br>[[Charles Wesley]]
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<br>[[John Wesley]]
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<br>[[Brigham Young]]
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<br>
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<br>[[George Washington Carver]]
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<br>[[Pierre Curie]]
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<br>[[Charles Louis Montesquieu]]
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<br>[[Blaise Pascal]]
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<br>[[Bernhard Riemann]]
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<br>[[Booker T. Washington]]
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<br>[[Patrick Henry]]
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<br>[[William Penn]]
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<br>[[Henry Clay]]
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<br>[[John Jay]]
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<br>[[John Marshall]]
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<br>[[John Rutledge]]
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<br>[[Hans Christian Andersen]]
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<br>[[Pearl S. Buck]]
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<br>[[Agatha Christie]]
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<br>[[Charles Dickens]]
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<br>[[Bret Harte]]
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<br>[[C.S. Lewis]]
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<br>[[Sean O’Casey]]
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<br>[[George Bernard Shaw]]
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<br>[[Mark Twain]]
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<br>[[Daniel Webster]]
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<br>[[George Clymer]]
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<br>[[William Livingston]]
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<br>[[George Mason]]
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<br>[[Charles Pickney III]]
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<br>[[George Wyeth]]
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<br>[[Ansel Adams]]
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<br>[[Clara Barton]]
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<br>[[John Burroughs]]
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<br>[[Andrew Carnegie]]
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<br>[[George Rogers Clark]]
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<br>[[Florence Nightingale]]
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<br>[[Leo Tolstoy]]
  
 
==References==
 
==References==

Revision as of 04:04, May 8, 2007

Homeschooling students get some or all of their education outside of traditional schools. The general term "homeschooling" includes a wide range of educational options and philosophies.

Homeschooling parents oversee their children’s education, usually providing some of the instruction themselves. In addition, they can mix-and-match other instructional approaches, including hiring a tutor; using a correspondence school (or the modern video- or computer-based equivalent); taking classes at local museums or nature centers; joining with other families to share teaching responsibilities in a co-op; and encouraging the student to self-instruct using library books, traditional textbooks or workbooks, knowledgeable mentors and/or hands-on experiences. Some homeschoolers also include local "after school" enrichment programs like scouts, 4-H, sports, music lessons, karate or dance classes, public library programs, and summer camps as part of their educational program.

In the United States, as of 2003, an estimated 1.1 million students - about 2.2% of children in grades K-12 - were homeschooled. [1]

Families who homeschool do so for a number of reasons. Most homeschool to protect the Christian faith of their children, and to preserve their family values. Other frequently mentioned reasons include concern about safety, drugs, and peer pressure at other schools, dissatisfaction with academic instruction at other schools, the ability to provide religious or moral instruction along with academics, the ability to control what the child is being taught, flexibility in meeting the needs of a child with special needs (such as a physical or mental health problem, a temporary illness, or giftedness), and flexibility in scheduling family life. [2]

In the United States, opting out of public schools is not new. When Thomas Edison's public school teacher said he was "addled," Edison's mother took him out of public school and taught him at home. But because of compulsory education laws—the first was passed in Massachusetts in 1852, and by 1918 every state had them—schooling at home has at times been a violation of truancy laws, and was rare until the 1970s.

The origin of the U. S. homeschooling movement is often credited to John Holt and his 1964 book How Children Fail. Holt was "a left-winger who regarded schools as instruments of the bureaucratic-industrial complex."[3] However, the movement was also catalyzed when social conservatives became alarmed at the 1962 U. S. Supreme Court ruling which banned school-sponsored prayer in public schools.

Truancy laws brought pioneering homeschoolers into conflict with local officials. The first New York Times story on "home schooling" appeared in 1974, and concerned two parents charged with "educational neglect" by the Westchester County Department of Social Services. Tests showed that they performed at or about grade level "except for one who is a little slow in reading," and the parents received strong support from a state senator.[4] By the mid-1980s the Times was running articles with titles like "Schooling in the Home: A Growing Alternative" and "There Are Benefits In Homeschooling," and states were legalizing homeschooling[5] A 1997 article said "It's not only Christian fundamentalists any more" and a 2003 article noted "Unhappy in Class, More Are Learning at Home."


Prominent people who were educated at home

Throughout history, a disproportionate number of achievers have benefited from being homeschooled. Here is a growing list of some of them:

  • Mary Breckinridge (1881-1965), pioneering American midwife and founder of Kentucky's Frontier Nursing Service. Mary's father was a diplomat, and she was educated in America and abroad by private tutors.[6]
  • Robert Browning (1812-1889), a brilliant English poet.
  • Franklin D. Roosevelt (1882-1945), U.S. President. Was educated by private tutors at home through age 14, then entered Groton, an elite private school in Massachusetts, in 1896. [7]
  • George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950), author. Tutored in the classics by a clerical uncle until he entered school at age 10. Left school by age 15. [8], [9], [10]
  • Mark Twain (1835-1910), American author and satirist
  • Andrew Wyeth (1917- ), American artist, was tutored at home until he was 18. [11]

Arguably Homeschooled


Leonardo da Vinci
Claude Monet
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Stonewall Jackson
John Paul Jones
Robert E. Lee
Douglas MacArthur
George Patton

Alexander Graham Bell
Thomas Edison
Cyrus McCormick
Orville and Wilbur Wright

George Washington
John Quincy Adams
James Madison
William Henry Harrison
John Tyler
Abraham Lincoln
Theodore Roosevelt

Joan of Arc
John the Baptist
Jesus Christ
William Cary
Jonathan Edwards
Dwight L. Moody
John Newton
Charles Wesley
John Wesley
Brigham Young

George Washington Carver
Pierre Curie
Charles Louis Montesquieu
Blaise Pascal
Bernhard Riemann
Booker T. Washington


Patrick Henry
William Penn
Henry Clay

John Jay
John Marshall
John Rutledge

Hans Christian Andersen
Pearl S. Buck
Agatha Christie
Charles Dickens
Bret Harte
C.S. Lewis
Sean O’Casey
George Bernard Shaw
Mark Twain
Daniel Webster

George Clymer
William Livingston
George Mason
Charles Pickney III
George Wyeth

Ansel Adams
Clara Barton
John Burroughs
Andrew Carnegie
George Rogers Clark
Florence Nightingale
Leo Tolstoy

References

  1. ↑ [1] Homeschooling in the United States: 2003 Statistical Analysis Report, National Center for Educational Statistics, NCES 2006-042, Feb 2006
  2. ↑ [2] Homeschooling in the United States: 2003 Statistical Analysis Report, National Center for Educational Statistics, NCES 2006-042, Feb 2006
  3. ↑ Micklethwait, John and Adrian Wooldridge, The Right Nation: Conservative Power in America. Penguin, 2004. pp. 190-1
  4. ↑ "Parents Accused in Home Schooling," The New York Times, July 28, 1974, p. 45
  5. ↑ Belluck, Pam (1998), "Life After Home Schooling," The New York Times, November 1, 1998, p. ED26: "Some 15 years after states began legalizing home schooling in earnest, these early graduates are starting to make their way in the world."
  6. ↑ Frontier Nursing Service[3]
  7. ↑ The Eleanor Roosevelt Papers. "Franklin D. Roosevelt." Teaching Eleanor Roosevelt, ed. by Allida Black, June Hopkins, et. al. (Hyde Park, New York: Eleanor Roosevelt National Historic Site, 2003). [4]
  8. ↑ Encyclopedia of World Biography on George Bernard Shaw[5]
  9. ↑ Dictionary of Literary Biography on George Bernard Shaw[6]
  10. ↑ George Bernard Shaw, 1856-1950 Biographical Sketch[7]
  11. ↑ The Homeschooling of Andrew Wyeth, A Conversation with the Artist, Gifted Children Monthly, May 1986, Vol 7 No. 5.[8]
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