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How Will I Educate My Children?

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Joshua J. Steimle @donloper


2M+ U.S. Families Homeschool


Five Trends


More Parents Will Work From Home


Demand For Individualized

Education


Increasing Costs of Traditional Education


Decreasing Cost / Increasing Quality of Alternative Education


Favorable Regulatory Changes


Social


3 Assumptions


Myth:

Homeschoolers Can’t Go To Top Universities


Myth:

Adults Educate Children


Myth:

Teachers Can Educate Children Better Than

Parents Can


Fact:

Homeschoolers Can Go To Top Universities


“Oxford University welcomes applications

from…those who have been home schooled.”


“MIT has a long history of admitting homeschooled

students…”


“…We do not require a high school diploma or GED from

our applicants.”


“Princeton welcomes applications from

homeschooled students…”


“…Among the homeschooled students admitted in recent years was a student who

graduated as valedictorian of the Class of 2002.”


“Homeschooling is an educational asset that

Harvard considers favorably when making its

admissions decisions.”


Fact:

Adults Cannot

Educate Children


“Within four minutes, one kid...opened the box, found the on-off switch … [and]

powered it up…”


“Within five days, they were using 47 apps per

child, per day…”


“Within two weeks, they were singing ABC songs in

the village…”


“Within five months, they had hacked Android.”


“It is impossible for one human being to educate another.”

Oliver DeMille


Fact:

Parents Can Facilitate Education For Their Children Better Than Teachers Can

Nobody else has a PhD in Raising Your Child.

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