Homeschooling

For some families homeschooling seems like a great option. For parents it seems like you wouldn 't have to worry as much since your child would be at home and in front of you. Children think that it would be easier and more relaxed than regular school. Both think that you will come out of it with the same amount of knowledge and skills as you would get from a regular school experience. These, however, are common misconceptions. What these families do not realize is that homeschooling is…

should be made in order to ensure the child acquires the best education he or she can have. There have been several arguments made about the strengths and limitations of homeschooling. For instance, homeschooled children often aren’t privy to the same social experiences as children enrolled in private or public schools. With homeschooling being so unevenly regulated from state to state, it is harder to understand how many children are being homeschooled and whether or not appropriate…

Children Taken Out of School and Taught At Home: Homeschooling Homeschooling involves children of school age no longer attending a public or private "brick and mortar" school system. The child/children often are taught by a parent/parents or tutor. There are an estimated 1.7 million students today learning at home. However, some experts say this number is even higher due to not all states requiring accountability for a homeschooled children. Be that as it may, it is still a drastic increase from…

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…

However, homeschooling is growing at a very fast pace. Homeschooling gives the student a better overall education, plus a lifetime of great values. Furthermore, they do not have to deal with bullying and peer pressure that often comes with public school. What is homeschooling and what can parents expected out of it. According to Patricia M. Lines Homeschooling is defined simply as the "education of school-aged children at home rather than…

living next door to one another are about to embark on their third year of school, Thomas enters a classroom filled with 24 new classmates in his overcrowded and underfunded elementary school, while his friend Jeremy starts his third year of homeschooling with his mother. Thomas' teacher, even with an aide, struggles to settle all the children down for their first day; learning names and assigning seats as they spend their time just organizing the mass. Jeremy settles down in a comfortable and…

Vivien Flokas 3/30/16 Note Set/English 6 MLA Citation: “Homeschooling.” Opposing Viewpoints Online Connection. Detroit: Gale, 2015. Opposing Viewpoints in Context. Web. 28 March. 2016. Many families today agree on the decision of homeschooling due to many factors in public schooling such as an inadequate curriculum,violent occurrences, religious beliefs, or special needs. Furthermore, many believe that homeschooled children score better on standardized tests. However, critics claim that…

primary reason for homeschooling was the environment of the other schools (Doak). They raise their children at home and give them an education apart from public schools. There are roughly “2.3 million home-educated students in the United States” (Ray). Now, although there are some misperceptions about homeschooling such as a child’s educational welfare,…

traditional school or have them homeschooled has been a controversial issue for decades. Homeschooling is an educational alternative to traditional schooling that allows parents to educate their children at home. In 1970 John Holt began the modern homeschool movement, believing that traditional schools created an unjust classroom setting chosen to make children obedient employees (2014). Since then homeschooling has continued to grow, as it is now seen as an acceptable alternative to traditional…

National Center for Educational Statistics it states, “approximately 3% of the school-age population was homeschooled in 2012.” Homeschooling means that there has to be a parent who is a stay at home parent, and not many parents are willing to do that (Khilawala). Students who are homeschooled need someone who can be there to teach them everything they need to know. Homeschooling needs more attention than going to a public or private school. There are many reasons why students should not be…