Visual Blogpost and Interpretation

http://nces.ed.gov/pubs2001/Homeschool/table4.asp

To further illustrate the positive aspects of homeschooling the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) has created a matrix in order to graphically analyze the preferences for homeschooling. This matrix is retrieved from a publication of education matters for the years of 1999 to 2003 indicating the reasons for homeschooling, the respective number, in thousands, of home schooled students and the equivalent percentage. One can identify from the matrix that the main reason for homeschooling is the notion of parents being more capable of providing their offspring with a better education compared to public schools. Astonishingly enough, the development of a child’s character and morality ranks number five among possible reasons for homeschooling, although it is seemingly considered as the most important criteria for homeschooling.