Homeschool day 41 of 180
Government school day 33 of 175½
There is an article in World Magazine’s Blog about a well designed, statistically significant study from the University of Connecticut’s Department of Public Policy that shows college freshman and seniors in universities across the country are abysmally ignorant about American history, government, economy, and “America and the world.” In addition, it shows that “students that demonstrated greater learning of America’s history were more engaged in citizenship activities such as voting, volunteer community service, and political campaigns.” This reinforces the finding that homeschool students are significantly more likely to be politically active than the general population in the United States. I have hope that, as this kind of research gets publicized, it will register with more and more parents that control of public education should be removed from government and large teacher’s unions and returned to parents and the private sector.