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‘Achievement gap’ should be narrower by 2013

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Children put imaginations to work at Camp Invention
MAR LIN - With a few water bottles, parts from a junk electric drill and some string, 7-year-old Zachary Schrag built "a jet pack."Schrag, a student of the North Schuylkill School District, was exploring the world of make-believe at the third annual Cam

'Achievement gap' should be narrower by 2013
African-American and Hispanic students in the Palo Alto school district, who currently lag their peers in academic achievement, should be earning higher test scores by 2013, school officials said Tuesday night. by Chris Kenrick

Homeschooling – Why Should You Homeschool?

homeschool — Sat, 05 Jun 2010 21:31:17 +0000

Why should you homeschool? Why you opt to do so, or not, is a personal choice; those who choose to do so have many different reasons. Some parents want to instill certain values, while others want to protect their children from what they see as an unsafe public school environment. Still others think that they can provide a more superior education than the school system can. However, the most common reason is that parents simply think homeschooling is better for their children.

Just what "better" means can vary from parent to parent, but it means the exclusion of certain things as well as the inclusion of others. For instance, children who homeschool are seen as being less susceptible to peer pressure or bullying. Simply put, however, the opinion that homeschooling can provide a better education versus that of public or standard private schools has been quite well researched.

Studies, in fact, agree that homeschooling is generally educationally superior versus public or private schooling in the vast majority of cases.

For proof, we can look at many individual success stories. The winner of the 1997 national spelling bee was a homeschooled student. In addition, one family of four sisters who had all been homeschooled went on to get Master's degrees from an Ivy League college. One young lady who had been homeschooled went to college and got her Master's degree by age 16.

Now, detractors might dismiss such achievements as rare and unusual; the students and/or their parents were simply of genius IQ, right? However, the number of people in the world who have a genius IQ is not high enough to account for the steady rate of success among homeschooled students in these areas. Members have said in general the students who are homeschooled are in the 60th to 70th percentiles by the age of 12. On average, this means that these students test at least a grade ahead of their public school peers.

The numbers are even better for older students. By the time a homeschooled student reaches what is the equivalent of eighth grade, that student is roughly four grades ahead of his or her peers. This is as much due to the poor results public school generally provides as it is to the impressive accomplishments of homeschoolers. These numbers, in fact, are not just provided by those who advocate homeschooling, but by the US Department of Education itself.

Simply put, homeschooling works. Of course, most homeschooling parents know that this is not easy. Parents who homeschool often experience burnout, especially when they're just starting out. It takes a lot of work to teach young people everything they need to know educationally, in addition to being the parent. To expect excellence from one's children as students and function in the role of teacher takes extra effort. Therefore, the focus is on the parent in homeschooling efforts even more so than it is in general.

Homeschooling parents in general insist that children are natural sponges for knowledge. Although this may be true, many homeschooling parents nonetheless feel that they need to research curriculum options, define goals, and guide their children's education, as well as a myriad of other tasks on a day-to-day basis. Parents who homeschool but who have not been well educated themselves also face the additional challenge of educating themselves even as they educate their children. They may have to catch up on their own educations before they can truly function as teachers for their own children.

Nonetheless, homeschooling advocates say that the results are worth the effort. Indeed, studies bear this out, as homeschooled students are usually well-adjusted, deep thinking individuals who are ready for whatever challenges life may throw at them.

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Should You Homeschool Your Children?

homeschool — Tue, 11 May 2010 00:05:02 +0000

The ability to home school your child has many positive aspects, probably one of the biggest being the ability to give each child very specific, individualized, one on one attention. Another plus for home schooling vs public school your own child is that the child doesn’t have to deal with many of the negative peer pressure issues that are so often associated with the entire public school system.

In my own experience I feel I must also tell you that there are a few negative aspects that can go with home schooling as well, such as, the lack of social skills and the feelings of being on the outside looking in that many a home schooled child may develop.

In some ways one may feel that going to public or private school is best for most children, because many children need to feel a part of things, and going to regular public school gives many children the social skills needed to be a part of the world. These children get to experience their prom and other things in life that they may not get to experience being home schooled.

In many ways I feel that both home school and private school has its negatives and positives but for the most part one my feel that public school is best. Here’s why: home school doesn’t help you learn as many social skills and other skills the way public or private school does – you can possibly miss many of these opportunities when you’re home schooled. However this can be over come via homeschool groups and co-curricular activities and clubs.

Be home schooled, you can also learn things in a different way than others and that can sometimes be a good thing, but in other ways you can also miss out on certain things. Over all I think its just a personal choice that a parent has to make for their own child but they should make it with open eyes – not just for protective reasons.

The best idea is to make a choice that’s best for your child well being and education. Homeschooling vs public school. Think about it for yourself, take your time and you too can decide whether or not home schooling is right for you – and for your children.

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