Name:   Homeschooling gifted students: An introductory guide for parents
Author(s)
 
 
Ensign, J.
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Homeschooling
Source
 
 
The ERIC Clearinghouse on Disabilities and Gifted Education February 1997 ERIC Digest #543
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http://www.ericdigests.org/1998-2/gifted.htm
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From the article, "During the last 20 years, increasing numbers of families in the United States have chosen to educate their children at home or outside the conventional school environment. Current estimates range from 500,000 to 1.2 million students (Lines, 1991, 1995; Ray, 1996). Of that number, a significant percentage of families have chosen homeschooling as the educational option for their gifted children."
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Last Updated
 
 
6/27/2005
 
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Contributed by: Parent of Young Scholar  
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I found this article helpful when I was considering homeschooling my daughter because it addressed many of the questions I had about homeschooling. In the first section on Challenges and Opportunities it covered time commitment, resources and financial considerations, academic considerations, social considerations, legal considerations. In the second section entitled Ways to Homeschool the article discussed the resources that are available to develop or assess the quality of a homeschool curriculum, how well homeschoolers perform on standardized achievement tests, how homeschooled students perform in college, and where families can get information.
 
Contributed by: DITD Team Member  
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An exceptional source of good advice - particularly for its source. Addresses most of the basic concerns about schooling at home as well as considerations for applying for college.
 
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