Homeschooling is becoming a hot topic as parents find more flexible ways to teach their children out of school and researchers find homeschooling may provide a healthier sleep schedule for teenagers.
New data from a federal study of parent involvement helps provide a picture of homeschooling today:
Homeschooling By the Numbers
| InfographicsNote that these numbers seem to be a conservative estimate compared to those of homeschooling researchers, who put the proportion of homeschooled kids at closer to 4 percent in the United States.
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