Intro Does homeschooling work as a good alternative to public schooling? In my and many other American 's opinion the answer is yes. Homeschooling has been around for a long time, but it has seen a major increase in participants in recent decades. According to the Home Education Research Institute “About 1.5 million students in the United States are home schooled.” and “There were about 300,000 students in 1990.” Homeschooling has been starting to become more mainstream than it was just a decade ago. In an article by M. W. Apple it is said “if one of the marks of the growing acceptance of ideological changes is their positive presentation in the popular media, then home schooling clearly found a place in our consciousness.” Since homeschooling is becoming more popular in recent years, it has started to attract several myths and misinformation about it. In this paper, I will present evidence that homeschooler 's above average education level, good citizenship as adults,
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Another common myth about homeschoolers according to Romanowski 's paper says that one myth of homeschooling is that homeschool students aren 't prepared to become good citizens. A report cited in Romanowski 's paper, “Home Schooling Grows Up,” released by Dr. Brian Ray, argues that “home schooling produces successful adults who are actively involved in their communities and continue to value education for themselves and their children” Romanowski fails to mention any details on why Dr. Brian argues this point. To make my point even stronger Romanowski paper says that "Only 4.2 percent of homeschool graduates consider politics and government too complicated to understand, compared to 35 percent of U.S. adults.” This statistic uses weak sense critical thinking because it does not state if the 35% percent of U.S. adults were also graduates. This could skew the
Another common myth about homeschoolers according to Romanowski 's paper says that one myth of homeschooling is that homeschool students aren 't prepared to become good citizens. A report cited in Romanowski 's paper, “Home Schooling Grows Up,” released by Dr. Brian Ray, argues that “home schooling produces successful adults who are actively involved in their communities and continue to value education for themselves and their children” Romanowski fails to mention any details on why Dr. Brian argues this point. To make my point even stronger Romanowski paper says that "Only 4.2 percent of homeschool graduates consider politics and government too complicated to understand, compared to 35 percent of U.S. adults.” This statistic uses weak sense critical thinking because it does not state if the 35% percent of U.S. adults were also graduates. This could skew the