Hitting the Books at Home

Families still drawn to educating children at home

BY SHELDON TRAVER
Appeal Tribune
September 27

SILVERTON – While rarely completely isolated, traditional home schooled children are often considered different or strange among students in mainstream classrooms

However, changes are afoot as more parents break ties with traditional brick and mortar schools and turn to home schooling as a workable alternative. According to the National Center for Education Statistics, these changes are happening at a quicker rate than previously experienced. One study conducted by the governmental agency showed there were roughly 850,000 home schooled kids in 1999 and 1.1 million by 2003.

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