USA Today reports:

As of the spring of 2007, an estimated 1.5 million, or 2.9% of all school-age children in the USA, were homeschooled, up from 850,000 (or 1.7%) in 1999.

Of the 1.5 million, just under 1.3 million are homeschooled “entirely,” not attending public or private school classes of any type.

The new figures come compliments of the latest Condition of Education, a massive compilation of statistics being released today in Washington by the U.S. Education Department.

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The report finds that, when asked why they’re teaching their kids at home, the largest proportion of parents (36%) said it’s to provide “religious or moral instruction,” while 21% said they were concerned about school environment.

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