The new Conservative chairman of the Education Select Committee, Neil Carmichael, has endorsed proposals for more safeguards for children educated at home. (independent.co.uk)
There has been a substantial increase in the numbers of children educated at home over the past six years, as Schools Week revealed. (schoolsweek.co.uk)
According to the latest data from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), the number of K - 12 children educated at home increased from 1.09 million in 2003 to 1.77 million in 2012, which is 3.4 percent of the school population. (californiapolicycenter.org)