Sandra Martin-Chang, a professor in the Concordia Department of Education, led a study comparing home versus public education. | Photo by David Ward
A new study on the benefits of home schooling by Sandra Martin-Chang, a professor in the Department of Education who collaborated with colleagues from Mount Allison University, received national headlines.The research team found that children educated at home in a structured environment are on par, or even ahead, of their counterparts in the public education system when it comes to academic achievement. Coverage appeared across the PostMedia newspaper chain including The Globe and Mail, The Montreal Gazette, The Ottawa Citizen, The Edmonton Journal, The Calgary Herald, The Vancouver Sun, Victoria Times-Colonist as well as Canoe.ca, ScienceCodex.com, The Christian Post, The Atlantic, Time and The Phoenix Examiner.
Read the original news release in NOW.
