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Fact:
Concerns about the school environment (safety, drugs, or negative peer pressure), was the most cited reason that parents gave for home-schooling their children.
—National Center for Education Statistics

Audio/Video: Education

How to Land Your Kid in Therapy: Over-Parenting and Its...
By trying to provide the perfectly happy childhood, a generation of parents may be making it harder for their kids to... See more
Can Character Be Taught?
Can schools teach character? Should they? And what do we mean by "character," anyway? Three school leaders discuss the... See more
Can Teacher Unions Be Partners in Reforming Schools in the...
The president of the American Federation of Teachers discusses her agenda, which includes reforming tenure, proposing a... See more
Lessons in Education
From national security to the global economy to the future of the middle class, how high are the stakes and where are... See more
The Tiger Mother Tells All
The Yale professor, author, and outspoken mom talks about her life and family and explains her take on child-rearing—... See more
Raising Boys, Engaging Guys, and Educating Men
What Works? Do we have a "boy problem"? Academically, socially, emotionally, and economically, boys and young men seem... See more

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Fact: Education
More than 1 in 5 blacks dropped out of school (21 percent), the dropout rate for whites were 12.2 percent.
—CNN.com