Around the 1800’s, a child’s education was limited to what the parents knew and learned, the knowledge of life skills taught by the parents at home. This source of education was based on what the parents knew and had learned to succeed in the future of the times. As the years continued to pass, and times began to change the homeschool setting changed to provide the proper education, children needed, however, still in the home setting. The regulations and laws for compulsory education are there just as they are in traditional school or other ways of getting the proper education to succeed. The evidence shows homeschooling, that teaches children the same life skills and concepts as traditional education, makes it a valid form of education. Home schooling began in the early 1800’s when parents began teaching their children life skills and concepts to survive their future’s and make a good life for themselves and their loved ones. Homeschooling is the fastest growing form of education, as Ronald Kreager Jr mentions in his article, “Homeschooling: The Future of Education's Most Basic Institution,”
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As you can tell from the homeschooling regulations the actions are monitored just as they are with the traditional school. For regular school, they are required to follow the compulsory laws also. They have contact requirements, attendance policies to follow, their curriculum has to be approved, they too have to report test scores even if their tests are different for each state. The rules and regulations between homeschool and traditional school is no different as we can tell. Thus making homeschool no different than regular school education when it comes to the guidelines and rules of requirements to educate at
As you can tell from the homeschooling regulations the actions are monitored just as they are with the traditional school. For regular school, they are required to follow the compulsory laws also. They have contact requirements, attendance policies to follow, their curriculum has to be approved, they too have to report test scores even if their tests are different for each state. The rules and regulations between homeschool and traditional school is no different as we can tell. Thus making homeschool no different than regular school education when it comes to the guidelines and rules of requirements to educate at