Virginia Homeschool Information for the Media

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2009 CONVENTION

Press Releases
General Convention Information
Promotional Materials

VIRGINIA HOMESCHOOLERS MAKE THE NEWS

RECENTLY PUBLISHED ARTICLES ON HOMESCHOOLING

Homeschooling: More Ethnic Minorities, Lower-Income Families, and Parents of Moderately High Formal Education?
Dr. Brian Ray's review of the May 28, 2009, USA Today homeschooling article - June 15, 2009
More Higher-Income Families Are Home Schooling Their Children
USA Today - May 28, 2009
SWAC Home Schooler Advances in National Spelling Bee
SWAC Girl - May 28, 2009
Home-Schoolers Raising the Spelling Bee's Buzz
The Virginian-Pilot - May 26, 2009
Homeschool Chess Championships
Examiner.com - May 25, 2009
Learning at Home Growing Trend
The Progress-Index - May 25, 2009
Community Colleges Expand Options for Home-Schoolers
Richmond Times-Dispatch - May 25, 2009

CONTACT INFORMATION

HEAV Office & Resource Center
2248-G Dabney Road
Richmond, Virginia 23230-0745
804-278-9200
Fax: 804-278-9202
office@heav.org
www.heav.org

Yvonne Bunn
Director of Government Affairs
Director of Homeschool Support
804-278-9200
ybunn@heav.org

HOMESCHOOL RESEARCH

National Home Education Research Institute
NHERI conducts and collects research about homeschooling (home-based education, home schooling), and publishes the research journal called the Home School Researcher. The institute has documented and catalogued hundreds of research works on homeschooling.

Virginia Homeschool Statistics
Facts on Homeschooling – July 2006
General Research Fact Sheet
Fact Sheet I
Fact Sheet IIb
Fact Sheet IIIb
What About Socialization? - Summarizes research on the topic of homeschoolers and socialization.

The National Center for Education Statistics
Located within the U.S. Department of Education and the Institute of Education Sciences, the NCES the primary federal entity for collecting and analyzing data related to education.

Home Schooling Achievement
A 1997 study by Dr. Brian Ray of the National Home Education Research Institute (NHERI) found that home-educated students excelled on nationally-normed standardized achievement exams.
Questions posed by this study include:
How Do Home School Students Score?
Does Parent Education Level Predict Student Achievement?
How Do Minorities Fare in Home Education?
What About the Gender Gap in Academics?
What about Socialization?

Home School Legal Defense Association
Homeschooling statistics, studies, and information are available from HSLDA.

2008 CONVENTION

Press Releases
How Can Families Afford to Homeschool in Today's Economy?
Homeschool Convention Offers Support and Training to Thousands of Families
Richmond Convention's Financial Literacy Track Helps Families Fight Back
Richmond Convention Offers Free How-to-Begin Homeschooling Workshops
Nation's Largest Homeschool Graduation to Be Held in Richmond
From Three Moms and a Card Table to a Movement of More Than 23,000

Resources
Contact Sheet
Fact Sheet
Convention Home
Convention Brochure

DAY AT THE CAPITOL INFORMATION

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Description
Schedule
For more information, please contact Yvonne Bunn, director of homeschool support and legislative affairs, at 804-278-9200 or ybunn@heav.org.

2007 CONVENTION INFORMATION

Press Packet
Radio Spot
Brochure