Unschooling

Home Schooling: Self-learning or Self-defeating? Some parents have become so dissatisfied with the public school system that there has been a growing interest in homeschooling around the world. More and more parents have chosen homeschooling for their children. Specifically, it is currently estimated that more than million children are schooled at home in United States for or disdain towards the public school system (qtd. in Lebeda 99). However, there have been controversial debates over the…

“Home-school or public school?”, “Are public schools safe for our children nowadays?”, “Home-school will curb socialization?”, these are the most questioned by the parents towards themselves for their children education. A lot of issues arise in their mind regarding this and they need to sort out the differences between those two and their final choice. There are three differences which are public school gives proper socialization, diversity of curriculum activities in public school and public…

Many people prefer homeschooling their child, meaning that they 'd rather have their child be taught at home instead of going to a regular school. Some people will think about the idea of being homeschooled and think it 's pretty cool. Throughout my life, I have met several people who have been homeschooled, and I know how hard it was for many to have been restricted many things. I don 't think homeschooling does bad for you but I think attending a regular school can bring many benefits to you,…

I have worked at Madison Elementary School for the last fourteen years and have seen many children go through “the system”; meaning being removed from their families and homes and being put into foster care. It is a heartbreaking and difficult procedure to see and it happens way too often. With that being said, once again, I find myself sharing a new adventure that has been bestowed upon me. A little over a month ago, I was called down to the office (I actually had a very anxious feeling-…

Introduction Many parents struggle with the decision of which daycare they should start their child’s education. They go back and forth trying to determine what is the best school to help develop their young child’s mind. They ask themselves, “Will this actually affect how he or she succeeds throughout the rest of their educational life?” Some parents in this situation choose to enroll their child in a Montessori School. Montessori education allows a more personal needs based learning system…

Providing Pediatric Preventative services through Telemedicine/Telehealth in school settings to increase access to care. Barriers to health care are so multifaceted that it can be difficult to determine one solution, however, an opportunity in reducing such barriers can be found in Telehealth. Telehealth makes primary care services more readily available and can be delivered and received from anywhere, albeit internet connection is needed. Many times access to health care can be limited by…

Research says that at least one third of parent’s homeschool their children because of religious reasons. Most of this group’s homeschooling technique is the opposite of the “unschooling” ways of John Holt. Many feel that homeschooling gives them the chance to instill their religious convictions in their children’s daily lives. In 1983 a Christian fundamentalist founded the Home School Legal Defense Association, which is known as…

There can be misconceptions about being home-schooled. One of them is that if a child is home-schooled, they will not develop the same social skills as they would if they were in public schooling. The term “home-school” generally tends to translate to some as a “school at home”, where your only friends are your parents. While it may seem that children in public schooling get more of a social environment, many children who are home-schooled attend events outside of home. They are generally not…

Before the advent of compulsory education laws in the United States from 1852-1918 a majority of children were educated by their families or communities. This early type of home education was the norm worldwide until the turn of the century, and is still widely practiced in developing countries. However, in developed countries since the universal adoption of such compulsory education laws home education has been driven into a more deviant subcategory. As a result, the homeschooling community as…

Should Children be Homeschooled? “There is no school equal to a decent home and no teacher equal to a virtuous parent” Mahatma Gandhi. Before 1852, Homeschooling was the most prominent method of teaching. According to Christine Foster, the most preeminent reason that households began taught from their home was the presumption that the public school system “declined in academic rigor and lacked of moral guidance”. However, many parents felt that neither public nor private schools suited the…