Homeschooling is a method of teaching that has grown within the past decade. It has been reported, “In 1999 the percentage of school-age children who were being homeschooled increased from 1.7 percent to 2.9 percent in 2007” (National Center for Education Statistics). Deciding to home school your child can be a rewarding experience. Some of the benefits of being homeschooled are, one-on-one instruction, setting your own schedule, healthier food choices, safety, good morals, freedom of religion, and a lower risk of peer pressure.…
References: Payne, K., & Neely, R. (2005). The impact of home schooling regulations on educational enrollments in the US (2nd ed.). : .…
It is a common belief that families that have 10 or 12 children homeschool their kids. In the present…
Another topic regarding home school is cost. It costs money to get the curriculum, the tools, and the supplies to become an educator for your children. Regular public school is free, and there is just as much learning.…
Cited: Gatto, John T. "Against School: How Public Education Cripples Our Kids and Why." Readings For OSU Writers. 4th ed. New York: Bedford/St. Martins, 2010. Print.…
In the United States over 2 million people are being homeschooled. This equates to 3.5% of the total amount of currently enrolled students. The number of homeschooled students rises every year at a surprising rate. There are a couple of reasons why parents are turning to homeschooling for their kid’s education. They believe that they can offer better education than public schools and have a better social environment than public school students, and I fully agree with these reasons.…
We 're all familiar with the popular images of homeschoolers in America: Extreme fundamentalist families shutting out all other points of view. These stereotypes are touted freely by the popular media and conventional schooling experts alike. But they have little to do with the realities of homeschooling for most families today, and are rarely backed by factual data. The average home-schooled student scored “81 points higher on the Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) than did the general population in 2000”. (Winters) At the National Spelling Bee in 2000, the top three winners were home-schooled. Studies show that, “home-schooled children also tend to score higher on basic skills testing than do public school children”. (Winters) According to the Wall Street Journal, “Evidence is mounting that homeschooling, once confined to the political and religious fringe, has achieved results not only on par with public education, but in some ways surpassing it.” (Reider) However, one subject continues to surface whenever the issue of home schooling arises. Public school administrators, teachers, and parents are all concerned about whether home schooling can be considered a good process of education. Therefore, I intend to prove that home-schooled children are properly socialized, fully educated and college admissions increasing acceptance rates of home schooled applicants prove that they’re prepared for the next level of education.…
Smith, J. (2013, September 3). U.S. Department of Education: Homeschooling Continues to Grow! Retrieved November 20, 2015, from…
Gregoire signs gay marriage bill By: Camden, Jim, Spokesman-Review, The (Spokane, WA), Feb 13, 2012…
Thesis statement- . In Macbeth, Shakespeare plays with gender reverse roles and the “traditional” ideas of masculine and feminine qualities to show how the characters are manipulated.…
I have chosen this topic because as a person enrolled in an institute of higher learning and the mother of children who are currently enrolled in a public school system I am concerned that for to long we have turned a deaf ear as well as a blind eye to issues that could potentially affect us as a society in…
According to Gatto, "Mandatory education serves children only incidentally; it's real purpose is to turn them into servants"(615). Children should have the right to have view different matters from their own perspective, but the system is forcing…
Intro: America is facing an ominous problem regarding education. Over the past few decades the standard for American public education has steadily declined. There are many who do not recognize or refuse to recognize that there is an evident need for a reform. Martin Gross, the author of the Conspiracy of Ignorance, writes that the reality is parents are not witnessing their children become properly educated. In reality, they are…
II. Many years ago homeschooling was very rare. But according to the U.S. Department of Education’s National Center for Education Statistics (2013), they “released an eagerly awaited report on the number of homeschooled students in the U.S. The report showed that the number of homeschooled students has grown by almost 300,000 since the last report in 2007” (para. 1). Today I will convince three reasons to consider homeschooling due to the overall academic attainment, socialization, and being an active members of our society.…
As a college student how has making goals and learning styles helped me throughout my academic career. Goals are very important to have but also just as important as know what is the way someone learns. There are tons of different resources that somebody can use to help them. There are the ones that are more useful than others that I use.…