| Copyright 2006 Julie Shepherd Knapp |
| Copyright 2006 Julie Shepherd Knapp. All rights reserved. |
| about the book |
| The Homeschool Diner's Guide to Homeschooling Basics Will Homeschooled Students Know How to Survive in the Real World? ...of Course They Will! by Julie Shepherd Knapp, copyright 2006 Homeschool success stories and some comforting statistics... General Homeschool Research Facts -- several fact sheets from the National Home Education Research Institute (NHERI) What about College? A Study of Admission Officers' Perceptions of and Attitudes Toward Homeschool Students from the Journal of College Admission Homeschooled Students Excel In College by Christopher J. Klicka, nice statistics on ACT and SAT scores, scholarships, college athletics Colleges That Admit Homeschoolers -- this is a running tabulation by a homeschool dad on his most excellent website, Learn in Freedom. Not an all-inclusive list, but it certainly shows that there are a multitude of selective colleges to choose from :-) Home-Schooled Students Rise in Supply and Demand by By Paula Wasley -- what do colleges think of homeschoolers these days? First Year College Performance: A Study of Home School Graduates and Traditional School Graduates from the Journal of College Admission Homeschoolers Maintain Academic Success from the HSLDA Looking Back After A Year of College at the Beginning of My Homeschooling Years by Shannon Lee Clair (09), Princeton University What About Adult Life? Home Educated and Now Adults a book from the NHERI , takes a look at "...the lives of over 7,000 adults from across the United States who were home educated during their elementary and secondary school years...", many of the results are cited/summarized on the website. Homeschool Success Stories compiled by the Home School legal Defense Association (HSLDA) Preparing for Life (in the real world) resources to help parents prepare their older students For detailed information on Homeschooling for "The Real World" checkout Homeschooling for High School and beyond! |
| Thought is the blossom; language the bud; action the fruit behind it. -Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882) Res ipsa loquitar (Let the facts speak for themselves) |