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The Fraser Institute: Home Schooling Improves Academic Performance
and Reduces Impact of Socio-Economic Factors
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TORONTO, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - Oct. 4, 2007) - Home schooling
appears to improve the academic performance of children from families
with low levels of education, according to a report on home schooling
released today by independent research organization The Fraser
Institute.
"The evidence is particularly interesting for students who
traditionally fall through the cracks in the public system," said
Claudia Hepburn, co-author of Home Schooling: From the Extreme to the
Mainstream, 2nd edition and Director of Education Policy with The
Fraser Institute.
"Poorly educated parents who choose to teach their children at home
produce better academic results for their children than public
schools do. One study we reviewed found that students taught at home
by mothers who never finished high school scored a full 55 percentage
points higher than public school students from families with
comparable education levels."
The peer-reviewed report, co-written with Patrick Basham and John
Merrifield, builds on a 2001 study with new research and data. It
examines the educational phenomenon of home schooling in Canada and
the United States, its regulation, history, growth, and the
characteristics of practitioners, before reviewing the findings on
the academic and social effects of home schooling. The full report is
available at www.fraserinstitute.org.
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