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Home-schoolers graduate to good citizenship.(Insider Report)

The New American

| December 01, 2003 | COPYRIGHT 2003 American Opinion Publishing, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

After decades of lending off critics who claimed home-schooled children would become dysfunctional hermits, home-schooling parents can finally point to a recent study proving these critics dead wrong. The study was conducted by the National Home Education Research Institute (NHERI). The NHERI publishes a research journal called the Home School Researcher, and works with national, state and local legislators on home-school and parental-rights issues.

The study included thousands of adults who were home-schooled during their elementary and secondary school years. Among other things, it looked at how adults who were home-schooled participate in community and government processes. For example, 71 percent of the study subjects were participating in an ongoing community service, such as ...

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