Home rule.
| Publisher | Reason Foundation |
| Publication | Reason |
| Subject | Humanities |
| Format | Magazine/Journal |
| ISSN | 0048-6906 |
| Issues per Year | 11 |
| Volume | v29 |
| Issue | n4 |
| Published | 1997-08-01 |
| Role | Type | Name |
| Author | n/a | Nick Gillespie |
A recent comparison of over 5,400 home school students and their public school counterparts highlights two interesting findings: 1) On average, regardless of race or socioeconomic status, the nation's roughly 1 million home schoolers scored more than 30 points higher than public school students on standardized tests. 2) There was no correlation between the level of government regulation and the level of achievement for K-12 home schoolers.
For the study, Strengths of Their Own: Home Schoolers Across America, Brian Ray, head of the Salem, Oregon-based National Home Education...
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