Home Schooling

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Home Schooling

• Recently, there has been a renewed interest in
  home schooling, which is the practice by parents
  of educating their children at home, instead of
  sending them to public schools. Currently, it
  is estimated that between 1.2 to 1.7 million
  students in grade k-12 are home schooled in the
  United States (Line 1998 Ray 1999).
  
  The purpose of this presentation is to present
  the pros and cons of home schooling compared to
  public schools.

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Is Home Schooling better than Public
Education?Yes No

• Students can receive one on one attention.
• Parents are unhappy with the quality of public
  schools.
• Parents want to educate children according to
  religious beliefs.

• Home schooling is very expensive and time
  consuming.
• Parents may not have the necessary qualifications
  to prepare their children well.
• Home schooled kids may lack the social skills
  they will need when entering college and the work
  force.

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One on One Attention

• Home schooling allows for individual attention to
  the student. It is easier to find out what each
  students particular interests are and develop
  them. Some children need special attention in
  one area while others will need special attention
  in another. It is not possible to cater to these
  needs in and overcrowded classroom one may
  encounter in a public school.
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Parents are unhappy with the quality of public
schools

• The quality of public schools have deteriorated.
  Not only academically but also there are safety
  issues. Home schooled students scored as many as
  30 percentile points higher than public school
  averages on the comprehensive test of basic
  skills. Parents are also concerned about safety
  of their children. Home schooling protects
  children from guns, bombs, and drugs.

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Parents want to educate in accordance with
religious beliefs

• Some parents believe the family and not the state
  are responsible for the education of their
  children. Parents want to instill certain
  religious beliefs in their children without
  interference of others religious beliefs.

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Home schooling is very expensive and time
consuming.

• Not all families have the parental time required
  to teach, since many families depend on both
  parents income. Even if one of the parents can
  afford to stay home, there are many resources
  that must be bought, as books, science kits, art
  supplies, audio and visual equipment, and many
  others.
• Rebecca Rupp, a mother who home-schools her
  kids, describes her routine, My husband and I
  spend many hours preparing, researching,
  collecting project materials, assembling books,
  writing supplementary workbooksWhen I need
  uninterrupted time, I get up at four in the
  morning. As solutions go, thats not everybodys
  cup of tea.
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Parents may not have the necessary qualifications
to prepare their children well.

• Even though it is legal in all states, many of
  them dont even require the parents to have a
  high school diploma in order to teach their
  children at home. Most parents may have the best
  of intentions when home schooling, but they may
  lack the ability and professional preparation
  needed to provide an efficient education.
  Perhaps the biggest and most legitimate concern
  about home schooling is making certain that
  children are being taught by a qualified
  adultthe term qualified is not referring to
  teacher licensure but rather the ability to
  present instruction to children in a coherent
  and skillful manner (Simmons 1994, 47).

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Home schooled kids may lack the social skills
they will need when entering college and the
workforce.

• Home schooled children often arent exposed to a
  diversity of beliefs and backgrounds that they
  would encounter in public schools. A sheltered
  environment, as ones home, rarely prepares a
  child to what is real world. Unless the children
  have contact to peers, they will not develop good
  social skills.
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