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NEW RESEARCH SHOWS HOMESCHOOLING LEADS TO HEALTHY SOCIALIZATION
Study conducted by Brian D. Ray, Ph.D., author of Worldwide Guide to Homeschooling 2004-2005

While some recent media reports have tried to suggest otherwise, a new study on the socialization effects of homeschooling shows the method of education is more successful in developing citizens who are active in healthy social settings. The study, 'Homeschooling Grows Up,' was conducted by Brian D. Ray, Ph.D., whose new book, Worldwide Guide to Homeschooling 2004-2005: Facts and Stats on the Benefits of Home School, is available now (Broadman & Holman Publishers, 2004).

Worldwide Guide to Homeschooling is updated annually to answer common questions parents have about homeschooling, including:

  • Why do people homeschool?
  • How are homeschool students doing academically?
  • What about socialization?
  • Am I capable, as a parent, to teach my own children?
  • How do I get started homeschooling?

    The book also profiles leaders in the homeschool movement, suggests curricula and models for daily teaching, and gives helpful contact information for homeschool organizations worldwide.

    Ray, a homeschooling expert who has been interviewed by major media outlets including CBS television and Time magazine, has published the results of his recent 'Homeschooling Grows Up' study on the Home School Legal Defense Association web site. Socialization notes include the following:

  • Over 71% of homeschoolers participate in a voluntary church or neighborhood association, compared with 37% of U.S. adults.
  • Over 76% of homeschool graduates ages 18 – 24 voted in a national/state election the past 5 years, compared with just 29% of 18 – 24 year-old public school graduates.
  • Only 4.2% of homeschool graduates consider politics and government too complicated to understand compared to 35% of U.S. adults.
  • Over 95% of homeschool graduates were glad that they were homeschooled.

    Ray's entire report can be read at: http://www.hslda.org/research/ray2003/Socialization.asp. His organizational web site for the National Home Education Research Institute is http://www.nheri.org. And for regular updates on homeschooling issues, please visit http://www.lifeway.com/homeschool.

    Broadman & Holman is best known for publishing books by Dr. Henry Blackaby (Experiencing God) and Beth Moore (Praying God's Word) as well as New York Times bestsellers Payne Stewart: The Authorized Biography and Lt.Col. Oliver North's Mission Compromised and The Jericho Sanction. The company's Holman Bible Publishers division, established in 1738, has developed the new Holman Christian Standard Bibleâ translation and is also the largest publisher of Spanish language Bibles in the United States.
       
    Worldwide Guide to Homeschooling 2004-2005
    by Brian D. Ray, Ph.D
    ISBN 0-8054-2606-X
    trade paper
    214 pages
    $10.99

     

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