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In a new article on the rise in home schooling globally, The Economist cites data from the Cardus Education Survey on graduate outcomes of home-schooled students. Read the full article here ➡️ https://econ.st/4nIZUw3

"In 2025 Cardus, a Canadian think-tank, published research which factored in childhood poverty, whether the respondent grew up with both biological parents and whether they were in a religious household. The paper, by Ms Watson and Albert Cheng of the University of Arkansas, found that American adults who had been home-schooled were less likely to work full-time or have a household income above the median wage... The Cardus report [also] found that pupils taught at home for eight years or more reported the highest levels of optimism and close social bonds. But those taught that way for one to two years reported the highest levels of anxiety, and those who were home-schooled for three-to-seven years had the fewest close social bonds and lowest life satisfaction..."

The Cardus Education Survey (CES) examines a range of outcomes for a nationally representative sample of adults aged 24 to 39 who attended public schools, Protestant schools, Catholic schools, nonreligious independent schools, or were homeschooled. The CES examines respondents’ academic, spiritual, cultural, civic, and relational outcomes, and their life patterns, views, and choices. The CES controls for a range of respondents’ demographic characteristics to estimate the specific effect of school type on graduate outcomes.

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