The U.S. Department of Education has released new data showing an increase in home schooling, particularly among families that are wealthy, white and well-educated.
As of spring 2007, an estimated 1.5 million, or 2.9 percent of all school-age children in the U.S., were home-schooled, up from 1.7 percent in 1999.
The agency found that 36 percent of parents said their most important reason for home schooling was to provide "religious or moral instruction."
About 21 percent cited concerns about school environment and 17 percent cited "dissatisfaction with academic instruction." Among the other reasons parents gave for homeschooling were family time, finances, travel and distance.
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