by Ezra Van Auken
Homeschooling around the nation has become a trending subject and procedure carried out by millions of moms and dads for their family?s youth. Now, with the hunger for alternative learning and independent thinking, a longtime member of the idea is joining the cause for homeschool advocacy ? former Congressman Ron Paul.
In a recent interview on the Alex Jones radio show, the 12-term Congressman and 3-time Presidential candidate told Jones, ?I?m going to be very interested in promoting homeschooling because I talk about education all the time and I think the public school system is failing,? going on to point out, ?I think average people and even poor people can establish their children from the system by homeschooling.?
Former Rep. Paul hasn?t been shy either the past few months when it comes to advocating for opting out of the public school system. During his farewell speech to Congress, ?Expect the rapidly expanding homeschool movement to play a significant role in the revolutionary reforms needed to rebuild a free society with constitutional protections.? To replace the inalienable rights that America has been losing, Paul said we couldn?t afford to go down the path of public schooling anymore. Paul noted we shouldn?t expect a government school system to inform us of ?intellectual ammunition to combat the dangerous growth of government that threatens our liberties?
The former Congressman won?t stand alone in the aspect of more homeschooling, as the past two decades, homeschooling in America has gradually increased. According to the president of National Home Education Research Institute, Dr. Brian Ray, the growth rate is about 7% to 15% per year. An even more up-to-date report by the NHERI outlines, ?There is some reliable evidence that was gathered during this study, from both state departments of education and private homeschool organizations, that the homeschool population grew by about 7% (or more) from spring of 2007 to spring of 2010.?
Another report done by the National Center for Education Statistics explains, ?In 2007, the number of homeschooled students was about 1.5 million, an increase from 850,000 in 1999 and 1.1 million in 2003. The percentage of the school-age population that was homeschooled increased from 1.7 percent in 1999 to 2.9 percent in 2007.
The increase in the percentage of homeschooled students from 1999 to 2007 represents a 74 percent relative increase over the 8-year period and a 36 percent relative increase since 2003. In 2007, the majority of homeschooled students received all of their education at home (84 percent), but some attended school up to 25 hours per week. Eleven percent of homeschooled students were enrolled in school less than 9 hours per week, and 5 percent were enrolled between 9 and 25 hours per week.?
With the growing number of homeschooling households, we can start to see a shift in the way American households want to educate their kids or allow them to think independently. This has led a longtime independent thinker and D.C. outcast (for great reason) to put time into the homeschool revolution. Boasting up the idea of independent thinking, former Rep. Paul will be speaking at a homeschool convention formally known as the ?Midwest Homeschool Connection? on April 6th.
SLN interviewed Great Homeschool Connections, which is participating in the April convention, asking, ?Why do you believe homeschooling is a smarter choice than the average public institution??
The answers to this interview will be updated, as they are received, sorry for the wait ? SLN.
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