A Home Away from Home: Libraries & Homeschoolers
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| author | Shinn, Lora |
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| contents | A Home Away from Home: Libraries & Homeschoolers Shinn, Lora Home Schooling Public Libraries Library Services Homeschooling families are everywhere these days. They're on television, giving interviews after winning national spelling bees. They're in the paper, profiled after making Olympic trials. They're on the radio, talking about the growing popularity of homeschooling as an educational choice. And they're definitely in libraries. According to a 2003 study by the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), when homeschoolers were asked about their primary source of books and/or curriculum, 78 percent named their public library. Approximately 1.1 million kids are homeschooled, according to the NCES's 2003 statistics, up from 850,000 in 1999. And even those numbers don't represent the true popularity of homeschooling as an educational option. One thing is certain: research shows that the homeschooling trend will only swell in the coming decades. In this article, the author presents some ideas to help one's library become a hub for homeschoolers. |
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| spellingShingle | A Home Away from Home: Libraries & Homeschoolers Shinn, Lora Home Schooling Public Libraries Library Services A Home Away from Home: Libraries & Homeschoolers Shinn, Lora Home Schooling Public Libraries Library Services Homeschooling families are everywhere these days. They're on television, giving interviews after winning national spelling bees. They're in the paper, profiled after making Olympic trials. They're on the radio, talking about the growing popularity of homeschooling as an educational choice. And they're definitely in libraries. According to a 2003 study by the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), when homeschoolers were asked about their primary source of books and/or curriculum, 78 percent named their public library. Approximately 1.1 million kids are homeschooled, according to the NCES's 2003 statistics, up from 850,000 in 1999. And even those numbers don't represent the true popularity of homeschooling as an educational option. One thing is certain: research shows that the homeschooling trend will only swell in the coming decades. In this article, the author presents some ideas to help one's library become a hub for homeschoolers. |
| title | A Home Away from Home: Libraries & Homeschoolers |
| topic | Home Schooling Public Libraries Library Services |
| url | https://eric.ed.gov/?id=EJ807497 |