>According to the State of VA, homeschooling has
  increased just over 18% from
  >the 2001-2002 school year through the 2005-2006
  school year.

  So what?  Rates of increase are fairly meaningless
  when one is talking about fewer than 2 percent of
  children participating.  There are just over 20,000
  homeschooled kids in Virginia out of a total student
  population of 1,221,939, so homeschooling represents
  a fringe population at best.

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Dr. David S. Hardin
Assistant Professor of Geography
Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences
Longwood University
Farmville, Virginia 23909
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    Date: Sun, 1 Jul 2007 07:00:09 EDT
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    Subject: Re: VA homeschooling
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    >According to the State of VA, homeschooling has
    increased just over 18% from
    >the 2001-2002 school year through the 2005-2006
    school year.
    >
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