Homeschooling Information and Resources

Overview*

Homeschooling in the United States is on the rise, with more and more parents setting up a home school curriculum for their children. Experts believe that the number of U.S. children taught in homeschools ranges from 500,000 to one million.

New technology is also driving the increase in homeschooling. Online assessments and sophisticated software are now available that evaluate how much a child knows about a subject, design lessons to fit the child's needs, and test how well the material has been learned.

Homeschooling Statistics*

In 1991, the National Home Education Research Institute conducted a national survey of parents who belonged to a home school organization and reported the following characteristics of homeschooled children:

Resources*

There are many online resources for homeschooling. Here, we have listed our favorites:

*Data derived from the Learning Disabilities Association