Home-School Enrollment Falters; 20 Years of Growth Halts; Impact of Virtual Schools Felt

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After an enrollment boom of nearly two decades, the number of Wisconsin students in home-based education declined the past two school years.

At 20,741, the total number of home schoolers in 2004-'05 still was far greater than the 966 home-schooled students recorded by the state Department of Public Instruction in 1984. But it marked a 2.6% decline, or 547 students, from the peak in 2002.

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Home-School Enrollment Falters; 20 Years of Growth Halts; Impact of Virtual Schools Felt

Many believe the number of home-schooled students would have to plateau at some point, given the number of families with two working parents.

But some observers offer other explanations for Wisconsin's recent drop in home schooling. One of them: ...

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