The Nourisher - Editor’s Blog

In a study titled Scholastic Achievement and Demographic Characteristics of Home School Students in 1998, some of the conclusions were:

• Home schooled students watch significantly less television than their traditionally schooled peers
• Home schooled students have access to significantly more computer use than their traditionally schooled peers
• Home schooled students scored significantly higher scores in all subject areas in all grades than either their public or private schooled peers
• There was no significant difference between the scores of those home schoolers who used a set curriculum, and those who did not
• There was no significant difference between the score of male and female home schooled students
• Of the home schooled students whose parents achieved a tertiary education, there was no significant difference between the scores of those whose parents had a teaching degree, and those whose parents had non-teaching degrees
• The mean scores of home schooled students whose parents did not have college degrees was significantly higher than the mean scores of public school students
• Home schooled students who had been home schooled their entire lives achieved higher scores than students who have also been involved in other educational programmes
• Parents who are committed to home schooling their children “are able to provide a successful academic environment.

About the Author...

Joanne Hay, Editor of Nourished Magazine, Chief Nourisher and Mother of three is very grateful to live in Byron Bay and be able to share all she has learned about Nourishment. She has trained as an Acupuncturist (unfinished), Kinesiologist (finished) and parent (never finished). She serves the Weston A Price Foundation as a chapter leader. She loves sauerkraut, kangaroo tail stew, home made ice cream, her husband Wes and her kids Isaiah, Brynn and Ronin (in no particular order…well maybe ice cream first).