Homeschooling in North Carolina

"Home-school enrollment in North Carolina has nearly doubled over the past five years. During the 2000-01 school year, there were 33,860 students enrolled in home schools in North Carolina, according to the N.C. Division of Non-Public Education. During the 2005-06 school year, 64,387 students were enrolled in home schools across the state."

"People choose home schooling over traditional schools for a variety of reasons. But generally, the two top reasons are educational excellence and the ability to provide moral and religious instruction to their children, Hodges said. Physical safety at school is another, Hodges said."[Hodges is Ernie Hodges, president of North Carolinians for Home Education].

The above quotes were found in the following article entitled "Home-Schoolers Getting Better Jobs," located online at:
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It strikes me as odd that there are so many in the public education system (aka Government Schools) who are opposed to homeschooling. Consider the two-fold favor that homeschool families are doing for Government Schools: 1) We still pay the same amount of taxes to support the government schools (while reaping none of the benefits and having to pay more money out of pocket for books and supplies); 2) We are doing our part to reduce the severe overcrowding of goverment schools and offset the absurd student-teacher ratios in public classrooms today.

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