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Home Schooling Education is a very important concern in the hearts of Americans. . But what exactly is the best form of education. Homeschooling has gradually made its way into the education field as an acceptable and controversial form of education. Homeschooling can simply be defined as educating children at home or the community rather than at school (Withrow, 1999; Cromwell, 1998; Lines, 1995). An alternative definition would be, parents choosing the schooling for their children (What is

History of Homeschooling “The home-schooling movement, the unprecedented parental rebellion which erupted in the late '70s against our monolithic government school systems, stands as one of the most significant educational developments of the century. The number of American children being taught at home, although minuscule compared to public school enrollments, had grown by the late 1990s from near zero to a near million” (Wagner, 2001, p. 58). Indeed, the rise of homeschooling is one of

So many reasons why parents choose to home school their children. Even though it has been said that the drop-out rate is higher than in public schools, it has been proven by the NHERI (National Home Education Research Institute) that home schooled children have a higher success rate for college education. NHERI conducts, collects and provides research on homeschooling and publishes the information in the Home School Researcher Journal. Home schooling has become very popular and some people believe

The American Educational System is not what it used to be. Many people fear the falling standards of the United States’ public school system. What with the harsh social environment, the controversial curriculum, the overpaid, corrupt teachers with their own agenda, and the exposure to horrifying new ideas and ways of thinking; Or at least this is what the paranoid parents of the United States have led themselves to believe. Anything looks bad when you look at it in such harsh light. Granted, there

Jones, M. O. (2015). Program evaluation of alternative schools in North Carolina: a companion dissertation (Doctoral dissertation, University of North Carolina, 2013). Journal of Organizational & Educational Leadership, 1(1), 4th ser., 1-27 The North Carolina and South Carolina State Department of Education both agreed and passed legislation that created services for alternative education. The focuses of each of these programs were to modify behavior, meet student academic needs, and reduce recidivism

Did you know homeschooling is helping more than 1.1 million children around the world. Homeschooling is a better way to educate children.To start,It provides many benefits for children, such as,better preparation for college, excelled academic achievement,positive family background for the future.Furthermore,it is becoming an option for Americans throughout the world.Additionally, Homeschooling also benefits taxpayers saving them more than 1 billion dollars in instructional costs each year.Finally

“Homeschooled kids are not as smart as, do not succeed as well as, and do not possess the ability to socialize like “normal” students who go to traditional schools”. “Homeschooled students are weird and do not know how to play like other kids”. Have you ever been one to think homeschooling is not the best option, or would somehow set a child apart from a child who attends a traditional school? Many people do believe this or have been taught this very thing, but research has shown those two statements

Homeschooling Homeschooling something that’s grown over time and is become popular in homes. The children are taught at home, by either the parents or a teacher that comes to the home a few times a week, or every day like normal schooling. Children being schooled at home get many options when learning, and also get to grow around the home. Homeschooling is a smart idea for parents to consider for their kids because of different socioeconomic factors in the child's life, keeps the child safer, and

America has gained global notoriety for its excellence in education. Where in many countries education is considered a privilege, America has deemed education to be not only one's right but also their duty. American culture suggests that a healthy school system ultimately creates a stable economic system and causes the country to thrive. One of the greatest strengths of America’s educational system is the ability one has, to choose how they want their children to learn. Public schools are often

Homeschooling is when the parent makes the decision to educate their child at home. This form of homeschooling has increased over the past few years, but it is not new. According to Robert Houston Jr and Eugenia Toma(2003), homeschooling has been around since the 17th and 18th centuries. Homeschooling during those centuries were typically done by wealthy or family that could afford the price of private tutors. There is a difference between homeschooling then and now. In one of tge supplementary