Homeschooling Proving “Good for America”

Homeschoolers are impacting the political arena with energetic

determination, focus, and success!

Gray, TN, November 29, 2010, The Old Schoolhouse® Magazine, LLC — In August 2001, the cover of
Time magazine posed this question: “Is Home Schooling Good for America? "Today, as more and more
adults who were homeschooled assume positions of leadership and service in our nation, we answer Time’s
question with a resounding “Yes!”

Without question, the contributions of homeschoolers are dramatically changing our political landscape.
For example, leadership courses, camps, and organizations such as Generation Joshua, a division of the
Home School Legal Defense Association, are coming alongside homeschooling families to train future
leaders. During the 2010 mid-term elections Generation Joshua deployed 900 of their nearly 6,000
members to make a difference in 21 political races across the nation, including that of Congressman Daniel
Webster (R-FL), a homeschooling father.

Dr. Brian Ray, founder of the National Home Education Research Institute, in his 2004 study of more than
7,000 homeschooled adults, showed that homeschoolers were more likely to vote, volunteer for political
campaigns, and participate in community service. Dr. Ray found that 71% of homeschool graduates
participated in ongoing community service activities compared to 37% of U.S. adults of similar ages, and
76% of homeschool graduates (aged 18–24)had voted in a national or state election within the last 5 years,
compared to29% of non-homeschooled graduates.

In his article titled “Revisiting the Common Myths About Homeschooling,” Michael Romanowski, a
professor at the Center for Teacher Education at Ohio Northern University, stated: “Homeschoolers clearly
learn about the real world, possibly more than do their public school counterparts. While the purpose of
public education is to educate future citizens who take an active role in improving the social, economic, and
political conditions in society, Ray’s research indicates that public schools, not homeschooling, should be
scrutinized for their efforts regarding ‘citizenship training.’ ”

When asked to comment about the recent political impact of homeschooled adults nationwide, Paul and
Gena Suarez, homeschooling family of six children and publishers of the premier quarterly magazine for
homeschoolers, responded that homeschoolers’ success “only confirms what numerous stats and studies
have already indicated—that ‘homeschooling’ is about so much more than merely educating our children.
It’s about instilling in the next generation the conviction that if good is to prevail, then it must be advanced,
and it can be advanced only by those who embrace it.”

Many homeschooling families are training their children to make a difference by serving this nation with
integrity, not for the sake of personal ambition or monetary gain but rather because they have learned how
to be responsible citizens. Determined, astute homeschooling families are making their voices heard—from
leadership camps to grassroots organizations to Congress.

In January 2011, Ms. Jaime Herrera, age 32, will be sworn in as a U.S. Representative (R–WA). She will
be remembered, among other things, as the very first member of our U.S. Congress who was a
homeschooler. She will not be the last.

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