...Homeschool vs. Public-school Danjerell Burks Comp/170 May 9, 2013 Candid Taylor-Brandon Homeschool vs. Public-school More parents are choosing to home school their child or children rather than enrolling their children in a public school system. The parent’s make their decision based upon the school district that they live in. Some public schools do not have up to date materials. There are certain public schools that have a more difficult curriculum, which challenges students academically. Parents want what is best for their children’s education, public or homeschooled. Public-schools give children a chance to make lifelong friends and homeschooling is more hands on learning. One of the most important things to a parent is their child’s learning environment. Homeschooling his or her child or children will give the parent the opportunity to control his or her learning environment. By doing so parents are ensuring that nothing tragic would happen. Homeschooling is a parent who teaches his or her child or children. The parent is going to give positive feed back to their child or children. There are fewer home schooled students in a classroom than there are in a public classroom. Homeschooling has more positive influences. They do not have bullies or feel pressure from trying to fit in certain groups in school or the clothes and shoes they wear. By not acquiring those things homeschooled students have a relaxed learning environment that has the advantage of the teacher’s...
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...Home School vs Public School Sondra Silverberg Essentials of Sociology Everest University Online Prof. Pamela Collins December 15, 2012 It’s 1845 an aristocratic gentleman and his wife are about to leave in their horse drawn carriage only to return in a few days. Their two daughters are preparing for their lesson with their teacher who resides in the home. Although, somewhat unheard of, this family made an exception and allowed their teacher to move into the home. During the pre-1850’s many children were educated in private schools or at home. In larger communities and towns grammar schools were readily available, attendance was not a forced issue and the parents had a right to choose how their children were educated without question or judgment. Today of course it seems odd to hear of a child being homeschooled although, with events such as Columbine and the incidents of December 14th, 2012 it really makes a parent ask the question is homeschooling a safer alternative to public schools? Are public schools living up to their expectations, or is homeschooling going to become a much needed option? Finally, after my research and further readings is this something that I should consider for my children? Columbine occurred when I was in my eighth grade year, then it was, “twelve students one teacher, and the murders were dead; plus twenty-one were injured” (Rosenberg). That was scary in itself; I remember thinking could this happen here? Schools started integrating safety...
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...Renooka Alummoottil Engl 1302-45400 Dr. Shazia Ali July 1, 2013 Home School vs Public School Education When it comes to education, the choice on what form of education is best for a child should be of the utmost importance to parents. In order to choose the best education environment for a child, certain matters have to be taken into consideration. Parents need to be educated on the advantages and disadvantages of both public and home school education. Having all the information would enable them to make the best decision for their child’s education. One type of academic setting may be suitable for some children and not others. “In 2007, the number of homeschooled students was about 1.5 million, an increase from 850,000 in 1999 and 1.1 million in 2003. The percentage of the school-age population that was homeschooled increased from 1.7 percent in 1999 to 2.9 percent in 2007. The increase in the percentage of homeschooled students from 1999 to 2007 represents a 74 percent relative increase over the 8-year period and a 36 percent relative increase since 2003” (U.S. Department of Education). These facts support the view that the trend of parents moving to educate their children at home is more beneficial to the child. Because each child is different and may have different needs, they would benefit from an individualized attention setting in order to grow and thrive which cannot be provided by the public school system. If a child is in a setting that is not suitable for them,...
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...Home School vs Public Education Most Americans do not home-school their children. However, those who do, certainly have good reasons. There are advocates on both sides of this educational issue, it is important to understand why some parents choose to home-school their children. Although both can provide a quality education to its students, a student can learn in a social environment therefore leading to his/her overall development. One of the many reasons that home school parents feel passionate about home schooling is their religious beliefs. Since religion is no longer permitted in the public school system, many home-school parents feel that their children have been short-changed in this area. It is their wish to raise their children in an environment that not only allows religion but also embraces it. Having deep religion beliefs, parents who home-school for religious reasons are said to be very passionate people. It is this passion that feeds their children’s educational needs. With the parent in charge, home-schooling can be based solely on religious activities if the parent so chooses. It is also this passion that will allow the parents to teach their children to the best of their abilities. Home-schooling allows the parent to be in charge. Another reason the public school system appears to have allowed a stereotype to be attached to home-schooled children is socialization. This stereotype suggests that home-schooled children are confined rather than social. In truth...
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...Home School VS Public School Home school and public school is a debated subject. Parents are disputing whether home school education or a public school education is more beneficial for their child. An education that fits the need of a child is important; that’s why there are things to be considered when choosing an education path for a child. The socializing scene plays a major role in children’s lives. It is very important that children get to play and talk to their peers. The students who are home schooled are more likely to be shy compared to public school students. Being around your peers helps you build up your self-esteem. Physical fitness is something that students need to do to stay healthy and in shape. Public schools have recess where the student gets to run around and play with their classmates. Every child needs to get some kind of exercise in each day. Home school students are less likely to get exercise because they do not have anyone their age to play with unless their siblings are home schooled as well. It is very important that students have access to their teacher when needed. In public schools, the students have their teacher in the classroom with them. They are able to walk up to them and get help whenever needed. Home ...
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...Homeschool or Public School? By: Savanah Anthony Date: November 1, 2013 Back in the day parents decided to send their children to public schools for many different reasons. Some of these reasons are to build their children's social skills, to get their children out of the house, to give their children the education they did not have growing up. Because parents use to send their children to public school, public school is all some parents now even know, but home school education is on the rise. Since 1999 the number of home schooled children has increased by 75%. There are many reasons for this increase. Some of these reasons being a child's social skills, test scores and even violence. Parents only want what is best for their children, but they need to decide whether a public school education or a home school education is best. One statement most people make when choosing public school over home school is that their children will develop better social skills being around people their own age. This statement could not be more wrong. When children are attending public school they are put through social test by their peers to gain social status; also known as popularity. If a child passes these social test he or she has a high status, but if he or she fails these awkward encounters they are considered losers or loners. Children who hold a high social status tend to enjoy going to school, but those with a low social status dread going to school every day...
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...Home School Vs Public School Education Children in the United States are educated at home or in public school. When choosing a path of education one may want to consider learning environment, social life, and curriculum when making the best decision for their child’s private or public education. The learning environment is very important to a child’s education and there are positive and negative aspects of both home school and public schools. Each child is unique and will adapt to a certain learning environment differently. Public schools can give a child a head start working with others that most jobs require to do after they complete his or her education. Public schools offer an environment that consists of other students of the same age trying to achieve the same goals all together; this is also known as integral learning. This form of learning can help a child stay motivated to keep up with his or her assignment so the student is not left behind. This form of learning also gives the child a sense of competition with his or her peers so they work harder to get the best grades he or she can receive. There are also benefits to home schools; the child can get as much rest as needed, work at his/her own pace, and learn in an environment that has fewer distractions. When learning, a student needs plenty of rest in order to remain focused on his/hers assignments. From personal experience it is challenging to learn when tired. Most home school children do not have to wake...
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...Home School versus Public School One of the most important questions parents are faced with today is what form of education is the best motivator for their children, home school or public school. Parents must educate themselves on the pros and cons of both options before making such an important decision. Although home schooling may be the best choice for one child, it does not necessarily mean it will be the best form of education for all of the children in the family. Both options provide the same education, but go about teaching it in different ways. Many parents believe that teaching their children at home will provide a safer environment for their kids to learn. Although it may be a safer environment to learn, home schooled children are missing out on socializing with their peers and will lack social skills needed to succeed later in life. More than 1 million students are being home schooled today, and their ranks are growing about 15% a year (Winters 1). Since gaining so much popularity in the last few years, home schooling is now one of the fastest growing forms of education in the United States. Home schooling does not allow children to experience healthy social interaction with their peers or gain knowledge from certified and trained educators teaching specialty subjects (Lahrson-Fisher 1). Both home schooling and public schools have positives and negatives about them. It will always be a highly debated subject amongst people. Home schooling was believed...
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...private schools and public schools. Charter schools and online schools are a part of public schooling ("Home Schooling | Ohio Department of Education", 2014). However, there is another option- home schooling. Home schooling entails a parent being the teacher and teaching their child. There is an estimated 2.2 million children who are being home schooled (Ray, 2014). There are many reasons why parents prefer to home school their children; whether it be for religious reasons, the unhappiness with their local school district or because they are afraid for their child's safety. While both types of education have core courses and distractions in common, they differ on how things are being paid for and how students socially interact. In traditional schools and home schools across the country, students are required to learn the core subjects like math and science, but they differ in how the core materials are presented to their respective students. It has been my experience, both as a student and as a parent, that lessons taught in school are limited to the number hours in a school day and by how much help a student needs. In contrast, parents who are teaching their children in a home school environment can do schoolwork wherever and whenever they can; even a trip to the grocery store can be turned into a math lesson, allowing the child to learn at his or her own pace. Another way a home educated student might get a class they need is by checking with their local school district...
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...a good qualified education to their students, there are many differences between home schooling and public schooling. These differences can either hinder or improve a child’s way of learning and developing. If children find themselves to distract while being in a classroom with their peers, may be the better choice. To start the first thing that comes to most parent’s mind is the amount of time, and money that you have to put in when it comes to choosing. When it come to home schooling, you do spend a lot of time with your children, which is not bad. There are also pros, and cons of public education with the pros being the child is receiving an education from a professionally trained teacher. They are better prepared in everyday teachings that the child will receive. The curriculum is outlined for the year on what the child will be taught, what is expected to be taught to the child. Children are learning how to socialize and realize how different a world we have. There is no hiding that fact. Depending on your day-to-day life, this might be easy for you. This is the first thing you have to look at when making that choice for your children. When it comes to public school, you get to send your children to a different location for anywhere between four to eight hours, and this is not bad if your a working parent. If children find that they get side tracked while attempting to work alone then public schooling may be more helpful. When it comes to teaching a student, both educational...
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...Home Schooling vs. Public Schools: Which One is Better? Thesis Statement: Many parents question what is best for their child’s education, home schooling or public school. Home schooling can sometimes provide a more direct and focused education than public schools, Public School is better in many ways including the child’s social development. I. Home Schooling vs. Public Schooling II. The Pros and Cons of Home Schooling A. Home schooling can benefit both students and parents by providing individual attention. B. Home schooling gives parents a sense of security. C. Home schooling puts financial strain on parents. D. Home schooling can cause slower social development. III. The Pros and Cons of Public Schooling A. Public schooling provides many free services. B. Public schooling allows both parents time to have a full time job. C. Public schooling allows students to participate in many activities, sports, and organizations. D. Public schooling makes students more likely to deal with bullying and peer pressure . D. Home Schooling vs Public Schooling: Which is Better? A. The pros of public schooling outweigh the cons, thus making public schooling the better choice. When children become of age, and it is time for them to start school, many parents question what is best for their child’s education, home schooling or public school. Both home schooling and public schooling has their pros and cons, but many parents often question...
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...Complete the following and post as an attachment. What two objects, people, subjects, or concepts are you going to compare and/or contrast? | Home school vs. public education | What are the similarities between the two objects, people, subjects, or concepts? List as many similarities that you can think of. | I believe there are many similarities between home school vs public education. They both offer a large variety of classes. You have to take the same courses and pass them. You can attend both from kindergarten to 12th grade. | What are the differences between the two objects, people, subjects, or concepts? List as many differences that you can think of. | The differences between homeschool and public education are there will be no social interaction. You will not have access to the different teachers. There will be no activity to do like homecoming games, dances, or basketball games. | Are you going to focus on similarities, differences, or both? Explain your rationale. | I am going to focus on both point of views it will help to show my views of importance of both homeschool and also public education. | What do you want your readers to learn and understand after reading your essay? What is the purpose of your essay? | I would like for my readers to understand what the difference is between homeschooling and public education. With may essay you will understand what your child my lack by being homeschooled and what advantages homeschooling will have. | What...
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...Participants There will be approximately 100 students between the ages of 7-18 participating in this study with an even distribution for gender. The participants will be recruited from a local school district that offers both traditional and online public school at the end of the school year though a school counselor. Materials Two different kind of surveys will be used. The first survey will be used to test parent involvement. The survey will use a 5 point Likert Scale (5 being the highest and 1 being the lowest) that will have questions on how often the parent spends time with the participant (non-studying), how often the parent helps participant with home/schoolwork, parent keeping track of participants’ whereabouts, demographics, SES, and other background information. The second survey will be used to test socialization using a 5 point Likert Scale with 5 being the highest and 1 being the lowest. This survey will cover extracurricular activities for the student, jobs or volunteering, spending time with friends and family, and connecting with people on social networks. Procedures...
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...Name Professor Course Date Brown vs. Board of Education The Brown vs. Board of Education case was a colossal influence on desegregation of schools in the United States of America. It created a milestone of equal opportunities in schools among the blacks and whites. The ruling of this case took place in 1954 and it ruled in favor of Mr. Brown. It is among one of the important cases ever heard on racial prejudice in the American history. The Brown vs. Board of Education case is about a young third grader girl in Kansas, Topeka city named Linda Brown (Dudley 48). Linda was subjected to trekking one mile through a railway switchyard daily in order to reach her black elementary school despite there being a white school seven blocks away from her home. Browns father attempted to find a chance in the white school to get her enrolled there since the black elementary school was far from home but the principal of the white school rejected Linda’s enrollment because she was black and the school was a white school. Mr. Brown and other parents reported the incident to the head of Topeka’s National Association for Advancement of Colored People (NAACP). The head of NAACP Mr. McKinley Burnett had really waited for such an opportunity so as to challenge racial segregation problem in court as segregation cases were very rampant in the United States schools. This was the right opportunity as Mr. Burnett and NAACP took legal action by taking the case to the District court. Brown lost the case to...
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...Home Schooling vs. Public Schooling Jill Norris COM155 October 27, 2012 Dr. Melton Home Schooling vs. Public Schooling The grand cartoonist Al Capps once said, “Any place that anyone can learn something useful from someone with experience is an educational institution.”(Capps) This statement evokes thought of exactly what defines a “school.” Can any place be called a school? Certainly the home can be called a school as there are around 1.5 million children in the United States are homeschooled. Home schooled children are able to practice their religion, can have a different curriculum, and different disciplinary actions, but both can lead to a well educated student. Public schools, even with all of their bad press, are still the most popular way to educate a child (Homeschool Or Public School? 2012) According to www.hslada.org, which provides legal analysis of home school laws, someone that is interested in homeschooling their children should follow the law of the state in which they reside. Laws governing home school education vary by state and according to the 10th Amendment of the Constitution the power to regulate all forms of education belong to the states. Homeschooling is included in this protection. The Constitution states that the federal government is not allowed to interfere with or control public or private forms of education. The progression requirements for home schooled children do differ state by state and the federal government has no laws or...
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