Homeschooling Vs. Public Schooling

Everywhere in the world schooling has became a necessity to move forward in life. Learning the skills and receiving the education that is necessary to settle down in life. But does it matter how and where you get your education? Many parents believe that homeschooling their children is a benefit to their child and is helping them do better. The counterargument for this is that homeschooling children completely is a mental fall back for the children and does not prepare them for the real world. This debate on one side is a decision made by the parents on how they want their child to get an education, whereas on the other side it is looking at the necessary physical and metal interaction a child needs for their future in this society.

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Ray, Ph.D, the president of National Home Education Research Institute. He holds his Ph.D. in science education from Oregon State University. Brian Ray does research on home school education. In his research under RESEARCH FACTS ON HOMESCHOOLING, he gives many facts and statistic on how home schooling is much better than public schooling. Ray states “The home-educated typically score 15 to 30 percentile points above public-school students on standardized academic achievement tests.” He states facts that homeschooling is better since the education they are receiving is more superior than public schooling. Throughout his research we see many facts that convince us that home schooling is better. We send our children to school to get an education, but they are doing better while studying at home and getting a better education rather than going to public schools. Another study that shows home schooling children is beneficiary for a student is “Strengths of Their Own: Homeschoolers Across America.” Study was conducted in 1997 in which 5,402 children from 1,657 families from across the United States took part in. After the study was conducted it showed that home schooled children scored 30-35% more effectively in every subject compared to public schooled children. In an article ‘Homeleaning and 'Homeschooling’ it gave statistics on getting admitted into Stanford University stating, “Homeschooled students, better students: Stanford University accepted 26% of the 35 homeschoolers who applied - nearly double its overall acceptance rate. (Article of Sep. 11, 2000, Times)” This shows that home schooled students are receiving a better education than those that go to public schools, while the whole purpose of sending students to a school is for