Home School Surge Continues in Arkansas
New data show home schooling has continued to surge across the United States — especially in Arkansas.
The Washington Post recently reported that among 32 states and Washington, D.C., the number of home school students has increased by 51% since the 2017-2018 school year.
The number of home schoolers rose in Arkansas from 20,331 in 2018 to 30,205 last year — nearly a 49% increase!
During the coronavirus pandemic, as many as one in ten families in Arkansas home schooled their children during.
Family Council has always believed families deserve options when it comes to education. That’s one reason we support home schooling.
Research shows parental involvement generally is tied to better educational outcomes for children. That’s true no matter how families choose to educate their children — but home schooling is particularly good for many families, because it lets them choose the education that’s best for them.
Home schooling is a great example of how giving families options can help their children flourish.
Family Council has supported home schooling for more than 25 years, because it empowers parents to give their son or their daughter the education that’s right for them. Home schooling in Arkansas has been incredibly successful as a result.
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Marijuana Linked With Increased Risk of Heart Attack, Failure: New Study
Regular marijuana use may raise the risk for heart attack, stroke, or heart failure — especially among people with other underlying health issues — according to two studies presented at the American Heart Association’s Scientific Sessions 2023.
The first study found daily marijuana use raised a person’s risk of heart failure by about one-third, compared to people who never used marijuana.
The second study examined 28,535 marijuana users with existing cardiovascular risk factors — including high blood pressure, Type 2 diabetes, or high cholesterol. It found:
- 20% had an increased chance of having a major heart or brain event while hospitalized.
- 13.9% of marijuana users with cardiovascular risk factors had a major adverse heart and brain event while hospitalized compared to non-users.
- Marijuana users had a higher rate of heart attacks.
- High blood pressure and high cholesterol were predictors of major heart and brain problems among marijuana users.
Experts also noted that smoking marijuana increases concentrations of carbon monoxide and tar in the human body much like tobacco — and that both tobacco and marijuana have been linked to heart disease, chest pain, heart rhythm disturbances, heart attacks, and other serious problems.
All of this underscores what we have said for years: Marijuana may be many things, but “harmless” simply is not one of them.