For Immediate Release
December 2, 2009

Study Shows Home-Educated Become Model Citizens

A new study released today by the Canadian Centre for Home Education reveals that home-educated adults excel in all measured areas of adult life.

The study surveyed adults whose parents responded to a 1994 study on home education. Ranging in age from 15 to 34, they answered questions on a variety of topics with comparable data from Statistics Canada. The results were astounding.

When measured against the Canadian average, home-educated adults were more socially engaged and almost twice as likely to have voted in a federal election. Average income was higher with more sources of investment income and self employment, and no cases of government support as the primary source of income. They were happier in their work and their lives in general. When reflecting on the value of being home educated, most felt that it was an advantage in their adult life.

“In terms of income, education, entrepreneurial endeavours, involvement in their community, and all the other characteristics measured, home-educated adults not only excel, but also make meaningful contributions to their communities. They are the type of neighbours we all want,” says president Paul Faris.

The study Fifteen Years Later: Home-Educated Canadian Adults is available in full form and as a synopsis at www.hslda.ca/cche.

For additional information or comment, please contact Paul Faris, President, at 519-913-0318
info@hslda.ca
www.hslda.ca/cche

AUGUST 30, 2010 E-REPORT
ADHD DIAGNOSED IN YOUNGEST CHILDREN

An article recently published in the Globe and Mail (August 17/10 online and August 18/10 in print) stated that “the youngest children in a kindergarten class are much more likely to be diagnosed with attention-deficit-hyperactivity disorder than their oldest peers”.

Seeing that the ADHD rates in Canada are close to the United States, the short online summaries of the studies (links found below) may be of interest to you. The first study is written by Melinda S. Morrill, North Carolina State University; William N. Evans, University of Notre Dame; and Stephen T. Parents, University of Minnesota. This article includes a link that will take you to a former study done by Todd Elder, assistant professor of economics and lead author of the University of Michigan study. Also, for further reading, the last link is to a news story that was published by CBC August 17, 2010.

http://news.ncsu.edu/releases/wmsmorrilladhd/

http://news.msu.ed/story/8160/

http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2010/08/17/adhd-children-age.html

For additional information or comments, please contact Bonnie at 519-913-0318 or info@hslda.ca
Thank you.