Instead of throwing up their hand, or wringing them, about the job of government schools....some folks are taking a step in the right direction.
1. "HOMESCHOOLING GROWING SEVEN TIMES FASTER THAN PUBLIC SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
2. As dissatisfaction with the U.S. public school system grows, apparently so has the appeal of homeschooling..... as more parents reject public schools.
3. ....Education News states that, since 1999, the number of children who are homeschooled has increased by 75%. .... the number of children whose parents choose to educate them at home rather than a traditional academic setting is growing seven times faster than the number of children enrolling in grades K-12 every year.
4. As homeschooling has become increasingly popular, common myths that have long been associated with the practice of homeschooling have been debunked.
5. Any concerns about the quality of education children receive by their parents can be put to rest by the consistently high placement of homeschooled students on standardized assessment exams.....achievement gaps between sexes, income levels, or ethnicityall of which have plagued public schools around the countrydo not exist in homeschooling environments.
6. ...significantly higher ACT-Composite scores as high schoolers and higher grade point averages as college students. Yet surprisingly, the average expenditure for the education of a homeschooled child, per year, is $500 to $600, compared to an average expenditure of $10,000 per child, per year, for public school students.
7. ...readily recognized by recruiters from some of the best colleges in the nation. Home-educated children matriculate in colleges and attain a four-year degree at much higher rates than their counterparts from both public and private schools.
8. ... the common myth that homeschoolers miss out on so-called socialization opportunities, often thought to be a vital aspect of traditional academic settings, has proven to be without merit.
9. ...homeschoolers tend to be more socially engaged than their peers and demonstrate healthy social, psychological, and emotional development, and success into adulthood.
10. This increase would be in part because [1] a large number of those individuals who were being home educated in the 1990s may begin to homeschool their own school-age children and [2] the continued successes of home-educated students.
Report: Homeschooling Growing Seven Times Faster than Public School Enrollment
"....demonstrate healthy social, psychological, and emotional development, and success into adulthood.
Compare those personality traits to the board members who regularly carp about homeschooling.
1. "HOMESCHOOLING GROWING SEVEN TIMES FASTER THAN PUBLIC SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
2. As dissatisfaction with the U.S. public school system grows, apparently so has the appeal of homeschooling..... as more parents reject public schools.
3. ....Education News states that, since 1999, the number of children who are homeschooled has increased by 75%. .... the number of children whose parents choose to educate them at home rather than a traditional academic setting is growing seven times faster than the number of children enrolling in grades K-12 every year.
4. As homeschooling has become increasingly popular, common myths that have long been associated with the practice of homeschooling have been debunked.
5. Any concerns about the quality of education children receive by their parents can be put to rest by the consistently high placement of homeschooled students on standardized assessment exams.....achievement gaps between sexes, income levels, or ethnicityall of which have plagued public schools around the countrydo not exist in homeschooling environments.
6. ...significantly higher ACT-Composite scores as high schoolers and higher grade point averages as college students. Yet surprisingly, the average expenditure for the education of a homeschooled child, per year, is $500 to $600, compared to an average expenditure of $10,000 per child, per year, for public school students.
7. ...readily recognized by recruiters from some of the best colleges in the nation. Home-educated children matriculate in colleges and attain a four-year degree at much higher rates than their counterparts from both public and private schools.
8. ... the common myth that homeschoolers miss out on so-called socialization opportunities, often thought to be a vital aspect of traditional academic settings, has proven to be without merit.
9. ...homeschoolers tend to be more socially engaged than their peers and demonstrate healthy social, psychological, and emotional development, and success into adulthood.
10. This increase would be in part because [1] a large number of those individuals who were being home educated in the 1990s may begin to homeschool their own school-age children and [2] the continued successes of home-educated students.
Report: Homeschooling Growing Seven Times Faster than Public School Enrollment
"....demonstrate healthy social, psychological, and emotional development, and success into adulthood.
Compare those personality traits to the board members who regularly carp about homeschooling.