Are they well-adjusted because they’re home-schooled — or because they’re not in Canadian classrooms?
H/t Examiner.com:
The Canadian Centre for Home Education (CCHE) has released the results of a research project titled: Fifteen Years Later: Home-Educated Canadian Adults (pdf).Studies suggest that homeschoolers succeed academically as compared to schooled peers, but do they grow into socially well-adjusted adults? This new study suggest that they do.
Findings
When measured against average Canadians ages 15 to 34 years old, home-educated Canadian adults ages 15 to 34 were more:
- Socially engaged. 69 percent participated in organized activities at least once per week, compared with 48 percent of the comparable population.
- Highly paid. Average income for homeschoolers also was higher, but perhaps more significantly, while 11 percent of Canadians ages 15 to 34 rely on welfare, there were no cases of government support as the primary source of income for homeschoolers.
- Happier. 67.3 percent described themselves as very happy, compared with 43.8 percent of the comparable population. Almost all of the homeschoolers (96 percent) thought homeschooling had prepared them well for life.
