Growing Without Schooling

I cannot tell you how many times I have been in a conversation, telling someone about my home education, and the person I was talking to used the phrase “regular school” in reference to public school. Most American’s are unaware of the fact that public schools have only been the common means of education in the U.S. for a short time, less than 200 years. In that time the school system has gone through many changes and reformations; one of the results being compulsory education laws that required…

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…

Homeschooling is the education of children at home by their parents. Homeschooling has grown greatly since the early 2000s, so much so that 1,770,000 students are homeschooled in the United States today—which is 3.4% of the school-age population (HSLDA). The National Center for Education Statistics says that children who are homeschooled are 68% white, 15% Hispanic, 8% black, and 4% Asian or Pacific Islander. Also, 35.9% of families that homeschool have four to six kids, %25.3% have seven or…

The research topic that was selected is Home Schooling. The inspiration behind selecting this topic is related to a curiosity about what motivates African American families to make this choice. With the current school choice policies families are able to decide for themselves the educational platform that best serves their children. This semester we discussed different issues that African American children face in school such as segregation, low academic expectations, under achieving schools,…

I have always cared a lot about children and their education. Thus, making sure that they get some sort of education growing up is something that I care very deeply about. This topic is incredibly important to me because not only have I worked in a public elementary school, but I have also worked with children who are homeschooled. When talking with the children who are…

Greetings parents, Today I will be discussing about the benefits of homeschooling and why it is more advantageous for your kid than public or private schools. Do you want more time to bond with your kids? Or your kids to bond better with their surroundings then homeschooling is the right way to go. Some of you might want to know ,what is homeschooling exactly? Homeschooling is education provided by the parents or a teaching software in the comfort of their own Home. In this speech I will be…

Some children will be amazed that the knowledge they have learned at school is somewhat different from the children who are taught by the family, because the Home Schooling is taught by the parents, and the parents have not received professional training, so they teach things and teachers to teach their children's knowledge There will be greatly different. It causes family income problems because when the family is…

Liriana Trinidad Professor Perry 09/19/2015 Cons Of HomeSchooling When it comes to homeschooling it's has lots of advantages and disadvantages. “Homeschooling-Companion” the article that i read the author speak about the disadvantage of homeschooling can be towards a child's life.The article states: ‘’That no matter how well designed they are they will not be a match for a nationally recognized school curriculum with examinations and accreditation. Furthermore, unless you have trained and…

homeschool parents do not want to have other children in their homes, trying to teach them. All children are not the same, whether being homeschooled are not. People still have the same expectations for children’s social encounters no matter what kind of schooling they have. This article makes very valid points, but I do not agree with it. I think it should be up to the parent to make the choice, until the child is able to make his/her own decision on where they would like to go to school.…

child, as well as many teenagers, still need that push to succeed as well as guidance in their education to help them understand what can be expected on assignments as well as overall school work. In order to succeed in the many demands of home schooling, you have to be able to self-teach and learn from yourself. In public school settings, you have examples to follow that help you in the right learning path. Self-teaching takes a lot of time and self-discipline; this is something that a student…