Children taught at home learn more

As state education becomes increasingly unattractive to parents, whether it is because of the government’s panopticon approach to extending the progressive agenda or simply the much-reported decline in standards, this older article in Britain’s leading left-leaning newspaper bears scrutiny.

‘Home-educated children do better in conventional terms and in every other way too,’ said Paula Rothermel, a lecturer in learning in early childhood at the University of Durham, who spent three years conducting the survey. She said: ‘This study is the first evidence we have proving that home education is a huge benefit to large numbers of children. Society just assumes that school is best but because there have never been any comparative studies before this one, the assumption is baseless.’

Read the full article in The Guardian