Home Schooling - Growing Fast!
according to data from the US Dept. of Education, while the total number of students in the US grew by 1% from 1999 to 2003, during that same period the number of home schooled students grew by 29%.
| 1999 | 2003 | Increase | |
| Total Students in US | 50.2M | 50.7M | 1% |
| Home Schooled Students | 850,000 | 1,096,000 | 29% |
| % Home Schooled | 1.7% | 2.2% |
Three key reasons given for home schooling are:
(1) concern about public school environment
(2) to provide religious or moral instruction
(3) dissatisfaction with academic instruction of public schools