Lisa Nielsen: The Innovative Educator: John Stossel hated school. Investigates unschooling.

Lisa Nielsen: The Innovative Educator: John Stossel hated school. Investigates unschooling.:

John Stossel hated school. Investigates unschooling.

by noreply@blogger.com (Lisa Nielsen)

In case you missed it, last week, John Stossel did a segment on unschooling as part of his “Education Blob” special.  In the segment he pointed out that the number of homeschoolers is on the rise nationally, a whopping 75% since 1999. This puts the number of homeschoolers in the nation about equal to those attending charter schools. He shares that the number of families that homeschool today for religious purposes is on the decline as the choice today is more likely to be the result of dissatisfaction with the government schooling system.  He informed viewers that compared to publicly schooled kids,