Some educational experts may argue that many parents use homeschooling as a cover-up of their neglect, and they are not qualified teachers. For example, accordingly, Homeschooling’s Invisible Children that is run by the Coalition for Responsible Home Education (2014), was mentioned in their introduction: “A 17-year-old homeschooled student in Kansas City was found chained in his parents’ basement. Two homeschooled children in Palmdale, California, were locked in their rooms each day and had their hands bound with zip-ties” (para.1).
According to NBC NEWS (2018), another great example is a couple from California who was abusing their ten homeschooled children, such…
Most parents of children who attend traditional school have stereotypes about homeschooled students. They think that homeschooled children have a lack of social skills and are not get success in academic achievement.
However, Richards-Gustafson (2019) argues that, on average, homeschooled children outperform traditional students on standardized tests (para. 2). Also, conforming to the article “Do Homeschool Kids Really Rate Better on Standardized Tests?” (2019) the author provides information that “homeschooled students score about 72 points higher than the national average on the Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT). The average American College Test (ACT) score is 21. The average score for homeschoolers…
Most people think that homeschooling affects education in the future because not all parents have qualified to teach children. The students may have a lack of social skills and are not being properly socialized. But many experts claim that homeschooling is a viable educational alternative for children because homeschooled students can successfully adapt emotionally and interpersonally to the demands of a college education.
According to the Drenovsky et al. (2012) argue, “the impact of homeschooling on two components of adjustment in college: self-esteem and depression. While the results show that homeschooled college students do not have higher self-esteem levels than…
“I don’t want to go to school” — all parents have probably heard this phrase. That is why education at home has become more popular. Thankfully to the development the technology and the advent of many e-textbooks, homeschooling may well be equal in quality to school. However, it has advantages and disadvantages.
Pros of homeschooling
One of the main advantages of such training is an individual approach to the child. Whether it is done by a parent or a specially hired teacher, home education allows you to pay maximum attention to developing the student’s strengths. Also, teaching at home can help…
Are you thinking about Homeschooling but still wondering what in the world “homeschooling” really is? This topic is interesting because homeschooling is a growing movement around the United States and all over the world. Statistics indicate that more parents are choosing to educate their children instead of enrolling them in schools. According to the National Center for Educational Statistics: “The number of homeschooled students increased from 850,000 in 1999 to 1,690,000 in 2016, and the percentage of students who were homeschooled increased from 1.7 percent to 3.3 percent over the same time period” (Wang, Rathbun, Musu, 2019, p.32).
Homeschooling is…
