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TracyQ
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Posted: Jan 12 2006 at 5:22pm \| IP Logged

> On 20/20 this Friday, January 13, 1006, John Stossel will have a

> special report called "Stupid in America". The reason I think it is

> important to tell everyone is because he has a segment on

> homeschooling, a subject near and dear to my heart.

Homeschooling 20/20 article...

He says this on his webpage about the subject:

>

>   "...We shot a segment on home schooling for my special, and I was

> amazed to watch the enthusiasm of the kids and the teachers. In my NYC

> community, it's assumed that home schoolers are all religious wackos

> whose children don't learn to socialize.

> In truth, home schooling is often the best option for parents who are

> fed up with the lousy education offered by the government schools. Why

> is there an assumption that school is the best place for kids to get

> "socialized"

> anyway? Isn't school a place where you're supposed to be paying

> attention to the teacher, not your peers? Home schooled kids socialize

> all the time at places like boy scouts, ballet lessons, soccer teams,

> and church choirs.

> Most home schoolers we talked to meet together several times a week

> with other home schoolers. They do fine in college.

> The U.S. Department of Education estimates that over one million kids

> are being home schooled in the country today, that's 2 percent of

> school kids in the United

>   States, and that number is growing by 10 percent every year. Brian

> Ray, President of the National Home Education Research Institute,

> taught in both public and private schools before starting his work

> with "home-based education." He sees home schooled students blowing

> past their public school counterparts in terms of achievement. "In

> study after study, children who learn at home consistently score

> 15-30% above the national averages on standardized tests [like the

> Iowa Test of Basic Skills]."

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Posted: Jan 13 2006 at 7:04am \| IP Logged

is anyone taping this? we'll be on the road back to PA when this is shown, and i don't have anything at the hotel right now to tape it.

thanks!

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Posted: Jan 13 2006 at 11:45am \| IP Logged

I'll TiVo it. You can PM me if you'd like me to send you a tape!

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Sarah
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Posted: Jan 13 2006 at 1:36pm \| IP Logged

Maybe some of you that watch this can let us know what they said. I don't have TV access at the minute.

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Posted: Jan 13 2006 at 8:10pm \| IP Logged

We just got home and I was afraid I'd missed it. But I searched their website and it says 10 PM. I assume that's ET. We're CT here so that would be at 9 PM.

I'm anxious to watch it after reading this at 20/20's website:
http://abcnews.go.com/2020/Stossel/story?id=1500338

Sadly my older 2 dc aren't home tonight. But I'll make sure my middle child watches it and hopefully get a copy.

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