How American and New Zealand Homeschoolers Measure Up

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From Homeschool World:

http://www.home-school.com/news/homeschooled-how-american-homeschoolers-measure-up.php

Around 150 years ago states started making public school mandatory, and homeschooling eventually became illegal. It wasn't until the 90's that homeschooling became fully legal again. Today, homeschooling is the fastest growing form of education in the country.

Check out this fantastic new infographic, all about American homeschooling! http://ow.ly/odq9l

How American Homeschoolers Measure Up
150 years ago, states started making homeschooling illegal. It wasn’t until the 90’s it became completely legal again. Today, it is the…click here

For New Zealand 2012 statistics check out this MoE page:

(We should see the 2013 statistics up here in a couple of months)

http://www.educationcounts.govt.nz/statistics/schooling/homeschooling/114870

Schooling became compulsory in New Zealand in 1877

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From the Smiths:

https://hef.org.nz/2011/craig-smith-26-january-1951-to-30-september-2011/

Updated 1 May 2013:  One year on (Craig Smith’s Health) page 7 click here

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Needing help for your home schooling journey:

https://hef.org.nz/2011/needing-help-for-your-home-schooling-journey-2/

And

Here are a couple of links to get you started home schooling:

https://hef.org.nz/getting-started-2/

and

https://hef.org.nz/exemptions/

This link is motivational: https://hef.org.nz/2012/home-schooling-what-is-it-all-about/

Exemption Form online: https://hef.org.nz/2012/home-schooling-exemption-form-now-online/

Coming Events: https://hef.org.nz/2013/some-coming-events-for-home-education-during-2013-2/