More than 300,000 children in Texas are forgoing the first day of school. Instead, their families have opted to school them at home.
Since 2005, Texas has witnessed a steady increase of families – up 20 percent to an estimated 120,000 – opting to take control of their children’s education and instilling them with traditional values.
Tim Lambert, president of Texas Home School Coalition, said the economy also played a role in the shift.
“We’ve talked to a number of folks who have their kids in a private school,” Lambert said, “and it’s just not possible to pay those types of tuition fees anymore and they do not want to put their kids in a public school.”
A recent U.S. Department of Education survey found that the top two reasons families choose to home school are religious values and morals.
“We continue to see that the No. 1 reason that people chose to home school,” said Lambert, “is that they want to integrate their faith or pass on their values in the education of their children.”
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