Re: [Phys-L] US schools

[Chuck Britton <cvbritton@embarqmail.com>]

Another form of US Schooling that has not yet been mentioned (unless 
I've overlooked it) is the growing Home Schooling movement.

Some where in the neighborhood of 3% of the US kids are currently 
Home Schooled.

Everyone is welcome to discuss why this segment seems to be growing rampantly.
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At 6:51 PM -0400 7/9/12, Anthony Lapinski wrote:
> I was curious about how many schools are in the US.
>
> From Wikipedia entry ("Education in the United States"):
>
> In 2010, there were 3,823,142 teachers in public, charter, private, and
> Catholic elementary and secondary schools. They taught a total of
> 55,203,000 students, who attended one of 132,656 schools.
>
> 5,072,451 students attended 33,740 private elementary and secondary
> schools in 2007
>
> So private schools make up about 25% of the total.