Madeline Douglass wrote: > Is there any information re what % of Minneapolis school > age children are home schooled?
All homeschoolers are required by state law to notify the school district in which they live that they will be homeschooling, so the MPS do know how many families are homeschooling. Whether they are willing to release that information is another question. > any test scores or stats comparing the academic performance > of home schooled versus traditional schooled children in > Minneapolis? Depending on the age of the student homeschoolers are required by state law to be tested annually using a nationally normed test, but parents are not required to report scores to the district or the state. So, unless someone locally has done a study comparing public school students to homeschooled students this data is not available. > Does the Minneapolis public...or private schools do anything > to support or not support home schooling? I don't know. The MPS do have a Home School Services Dept., but I don't know what they do besides register homeschooled students. Maybe someone from the MPS can tell us? > Anything unique or special about the home schooling movement > in Minneapolis? All of the advantages the rest of us share living in the city. :-) Michael Atherton Prospect Park REMINDERS: 1. Be civil! Please read the NEW RULES at http://www.e-democracy.org/rules. If you think a member is in violation, contact the list manager at [EMAIL PROTECTED] before continuing it on the list. 2. Don't feed the troll! Ignore obvious flame-bait. For state and national discussions see: http://e-democracy.org/discuss.html For external forums, see: http://e-democracy.org/mninteract ________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A Civil City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:[email protected] Subscribe, Un-subscribe, etc. at: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
