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his is an evolving section of our web site. Information on North Carolina appears below, and more on South Carolina home schools will be published on this page very soon!

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ore and more parents are choosing home schooling in the United States. According to the North Carolina Department of Non-Public Education the number of registered home schools in North Carolina has grown from 381 in 1985 to 25,800 in 2002. Marianne Carruth of Tryon, NC, a home school educator since 1991, initially considered home schooling to fit the education of her oldest son into their work schedule. Once she saw the many other pluses to home schooling she continued the process with her younger children because it worked.
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In North Carolina, a parent begins home schooling by completing an application with the Department of Non-Public Education. Records of attendance must be maintained and each student must take a standardized test at the end of each year. Volunteer home school associations have formed in across the state and provide a wide variety of support services from friendship and moral support to supplemental classes for students. Glenna Toney, a 5-year veteran of home schooling and certified teacher, is currently teaching “Home Schooling 101” at Asheville-Buncombe Technical Community College. Mrs. Toney provides practical tips on organization and switching to the teaching role for new and prospective home school parents. According to Mrs. Toney, she home schools because “it works”. Home schooling allows her the freedom to create individual educational plans for each of her five children.

With these increasing numbers the public and private sectors are beginning to consider ways to provide services for these children and parents. Adventure of the American Mind (AAM) is a grant from the Library of Congress that trains K-12 educators to integrate the digitized resources on the Library of Congress web site into their curriculum. This grant provided funding for computer labs in seven colleges and community colleges in Western North Carolina. The AAM-Home School Cluster was created to provide technology training to K-12 home school educators at these computer labs because of the growing population of home school educators. Workshops are offered for parents and children using the American Memory collections at the Library of Congress. Visit the online information of the opportunities available with the Adventure of the American Mind Home School Cluster.
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Pamela M. Johnson, Coordinator of the Adventure of the American Mind, Home School Cluster, has taught individuals from 2 to 70 in variety of areas, including typing, reading, English, math, social studies, psychology, shorthand, bridge, technology, career development, and student success. She is currently finishing her doctorate in Adult and Community College Education at North Carolina State University. Center for Carolina Living
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or some families, home schooling is the best choice. Approximately 1,300 home-schooling families represent an enrollment of more than 2,000 students within the S.C. Association of Independent Home Schools (803) 454-0427.

The N.C. Division of Non-Public Education (DNPE) is authorized to monitor home schools in that state (919) 733-4276.

Information on South Carolinians who home school is coming. Please visit us again soon.
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