Advantages of Homeschooling
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Top 5 Reasons Why Parents Homeschool Their Kids
Homeschooling has been on the rise in the United States over the last ten years. According to the U.S. government and education researchers, the number of students being homeschooled has doubled in the last decade. So, why do parents choose to homeschool their children? Through and anecdotal evidence, Calvert Education has put together the top five reasons why parents decide to homeschool their kids: avoiding a negative school environment, getting a higher quality education, improving social interactions, supporting a learning disabled child, and educating during family times of change.
Why We Homeschool
It is a common misconception that most parents homeschool due to bullies, school shootings, or bad teaching content. While these things are important, there is a higher purpose for choosing to home education your children. Even if all those things were corrected, there are stronger reasons to stay committed to the homeschool model. So why do you homeschool? This book looks at the meaning and significance of a true Christian education.
They're Your Kids: An Inspirational Journey from Self-Doubter to Home School Advocate
For many people, their schooling was uncomfortable, tedious, and sometimes a waste of time and energy. This book offers the idea that the public school system is tragically flawed and that we are able to do better for our own children. Sam Sorbo, mom of three and wife of actor Kevin Sorbo, took the leap into homeschooling and found the joy and success she was seeking. Included are strategies for working parents, those who are scared to take the leap, and anyone who wants the best for their children.
Better Late Than Early: A New Approach to Your Child's Education
Research Facts on Homeschooling
NHERI, the National Home Education Research Institute, has compiled these research facts on homeschooling. These fast facts cover the number of homeschooled students, demographics, motivations for home educating, academic performance, social, emotional, and psychological development, socialization, homeschool successes, and general interpretation of research on homeschool success.
Exploring Single Black Mothers' Resistance Through Homeschooling
This work looks at contemporary Black homeschooling as a form of resistance among single Black mothers, exploring each mother's experience and perspective in deciding to homeschool and developing their practice. It faces the many issues that plague the education of Black children in America, including discipline disproportionality, frequent special education referrals, low expectations in the classroom, and the marginalization of Black parents. Most importantly, this work challenges stereotypical characterizations of who homeschools and why.
10 Advantages Of Homeschooling That You Really Can't Argue With
While most parents just expect and plan to send their kids to a public school, a growing number of American families are re-envisioning their education philosophy, deciding to teach their children at home. And indeed, there are several advantages to homeschooling, including more family time, using your preferred curriculum, safety, learning at their own pace, and more quality time.
Why Do People Homeschool?
Excellent education, dedicated teachers with a great teacher-to-student ratio, education tailored to the specific child, integrated education, and better teaching materials are some the reasons that make home education the best choice for your child and your family.
The Privacy Advantages of Homeschooling
This academic paper exposes the
expansion of information gathering and dissemination via the
United States public school system and facilitates parental
choices on how best to educate their children if privacy issues are
a concern. Privacy is fundamentally the omission of outside
interference; therefore, in attempting to demonstrate the privacy
advantages of homeschooling, this work, for the most part, proves
a negative by comparatively cataloging how much privacy is
denied, or potentially denied, when students attend public
schools.
It then compares and contrasts students’ legal
requirements regarding the types of information students must
provide to government educational institutions and the
information public schools and homeschools must or may gather
or release. Finally, it examines homeschooling’s legal
foundations and regulatory issues. and postulates
challenges facing the future of homeschooling’s privacy
advantages.
The Pros and Cons of Homeschooling
Homeschooling can be the most wonderful experience of your life or it can make you want to pull out all of your hair. In most instances, it is both. How do you know if homeschooling is for you? What are the pros and cons of homeschooling?
The Advantages of Homeschooling
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The Home-School Advantage
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How to Start Homeschooling
Homeschooling Benefits: Children less preoccupied with peer acceptance
Why Homeschool?
Homeschooling Pros and Cons
Homeschooling is becoming more popular every day, with a growth rate of 7 to 15 percent per year. There are about two million children currently learning at home. Homeschooled kids do well on standardized tests, are welcome at colleges and universities, and as adults, have a reputation for being self-directed learners and reliable employees. To help other parents who are considering homeschooling, here is a new list of pros and cons.
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