...Education has always been a huge topic for society. Most want to gather knowledge, grow from it, and teach others to gain more than just a basic grasp of intellect. We accomplish this foundation by going to school. School is said to “create the minds of the future.” That without education, our society would turn into a bleak, dark hole of nothingness. However, what happens when there are multiple venues for education? Once school became public in 1635, homeschooling was a thing of the past. Something people did in the "old" days. Something that individuals did when there were no other options. For generations, parents have fought the validity of homeschooling, stating that it does not have the same fundamentals as public education; however this generation is changing. Society is evolving once again, and instead of choosing one form of education over the other, they are learning to accept them both, as a whole. Public School started in America on April 23rd 1635 in Boston, Massachusetts. The Boston Latin School is the first and oldest existing school. Public school started out trying to teach what they felt the fundamentals of life are. The fundamentals were Church, family, community and apprenticeship. In those times, Church was allowed to be taught in school. In fact, it was revered. It was a core. Schools taught by one teacher, in one room, and there was a variety of grade levels. The teacher was required to teach multiple grade levels with one lesson. When public school...
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...for their children, but it’s their children’s education that always come first. There are always controversies and arguments about which schooling benefits the student’s learning the most. Most kids are put into public schools because it doesn’t require much money unlike homeschooling or private school. Many families struggle with poverty so public schools are the only options left for them. Money isn’t the only problem that people are facing, but whether or not the students are learning going to school. Does the different type of schools really determine how much the students learn? What are the pros and cons of public schools, private schools and homeschooling? What type of school is the ‘right’ school? According to the Institute of Education Sciences, folks reported having state funded school decision, more or less 25 percent went to a picked government funded school, while 67 percent went to their allocated school while the other 9 percent went to a non-public school. When it comes to how much the students are learning, is the school really the most important factor? Parents are the ones who mainly makes the decision in what schools are better for their child. Usually, private schools are mainly for religious purpose. They are quite strict, but I have Ngo 2 read articles in the newspaper that they have a better teaching system compared to public schools, but it varies for different people. Here in Tucson, public schools are very low ranked compared to other...
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...Homeschool vs. Public School Comm 155 8/3/12 Elizabeth Harris Homeschool vs. Public School There are many forms of education that a person may receive today. Two important forms of education include homeschooling and public schooling. Although homeschooling and public schools both have benefits, they each have disadvantages to their curricula and their social environment. Education in public schools isn’t necessarily the problem as much as the teachers not enforcing the work. Because of this parents have taken initiative to provide better education to their children themselves. By homeschooling, parents also get the advantage of having that one-on-one time with their children, but this could result in the child withdrawing from social activities throughout his or her life. It is important to consider many factors before deciding rather to send your child to public school or chose homeschooling. There are a few differences one should consider before deciding on a public school or homeschooling. For instance, in public schools there are classrooms full of students and with homeschooling it’s more one-on-one. This can be a good thing and a bad thing. The good is you have that quality time with your child. The bad is by having this quality time it can affect the child’s social skills. This can then result in your child’s adulthood by not knowing how to speak to people of importance such as loan consultants, professor’s, or even people of the opposite sex. On the other...
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...Children who attend public school are better socialized than those who are home schooled University of Maryland University College May 2, 2015 28288 Cardinal Lane Evans Mills, N Y 13637 USA Parent Body 10th Mountain Division Fort Drum N Y13625 USA Dear Parents, Please accept the following analytical report entitled ‘Children who attend public schools are better socialized than those who are homed schooled’. This report begins with a brief abstract which compares both the home and public schooling options being explored within the American society. The second section is the introduction which highlights the various attributes that parents hope to achieve for their children, followed by the overall analysis of the topic. The final segment is the conclusion which summarizes the entire report by reiterating the key elements of both home and public schooling, and will allow you the audience to make a decision that would be beneficial to your specific needs. I would like to say special thanks to Professor Amanda Richey for granting me the opportunity to research a topic that is of personal interest and I hope that you will all enjoy reading my report. Yours Truly, Cadien Vaccianna Table of Content Title Page 1 Letter of Transmittal 2 Table of Content 3 Abstract 4 Introduction 5 Literature review 6 ...
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...Public Schools vs. Home Schools Public Schools vs. Home Schools Napoleon Butler University of Phoenix Public Schools vs. Home Schools In today’s society education is the key to success; even though they’re many differences between public schooling, and home schooling they both share major goals that are similar. The common school system in America has for a long time been considered the foundation for providing students with strong educational support. However, these same environments are considered be sometimes challenging because of the obstacles that certain students face. Traditional schooling has certain stumbling blocks such as: particular beliefs in religion and many students receive individualized instructions. The way the economy is drastically changing everyday means that every student needs an opportunity to further goals in life to succeed. To accomplish this goal all parents need to ensure that their children are attending a professional operated educational program. This is determined by the environment for the student, and the education that the student can receive while attending the school. The two most common schooling environments for students to attend are public schooling, and home schooling. Throughout attending public schools many students obtain many obstacles to overcome to actually receive a preferable education. These obstacles can sometimes lead to health issues, and bullying from other students. These students have to overcome peer pressure...
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...Homeschooling: Harmful or helpful? Homeschooling is the education of children at home, typically by parents rather than in a public/private school setting. Unbeknownst to some, Homeschooling has been around for hundreds of years. It was the primary source of education before the 19th century and is becoming one of the fastest rising segments of K-12 education today. In many places, homeschooling is another option for parents who yearn to offer their children a different learning environment than public or private schools. Homeschooling can offer a more specialized education along with better opportunities for children that are better suited for an individual situation. The progress and achievement of the homeschooling movement validates that something is working. Many parents, teachers, schools, and political figures are highly against Homeschooling. This is a very controversial subject that has everyone talking. Does it work? Is it hurting our children or helping them? Answers to these questions can be identified by stating facts and statistics that will open your eyes to the world of homeschooling. Families are different now than they were hundreds of years ago. Education is becoming more important especially if you want a good job later in life that you can retire from. More and more people are graduating and attending college. Who ever thought there would be numerous types of teaching to pick from? Is it actually a parent’s right to choose what type of education...
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...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 3 parallel points of comparison and/or contrast will you address in your...
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...Homeschool vs. Public School David and Bradley, who are neighbors, both wake up in the morning at 7. David gathers his book bag to walk over to the bus and travels to school. However, Bradley walks into his kitchen to begin his school work. How are these circumstances different? David attends a public school whereas Bradley is homeschooled. Which student will receive a better education? Academically, both learning environments give students the chance to achieve higher goals, so they can be successful in a future job. Teachers and parents try their very best to help students along the path to success by challenging them in every area of their life. Challenges of both homeschool and public school consist of offering advanced placement classes and tests that require students to study, as well as setting a requirement of classes that need to be taken in order for students to graduate. Emotionally, students may have a hard time with the challenges because there is a lot of pressure involving studying and test taking to the meet requirements. Required class work may exhaust students and run them down both emotionally and physically. When comparing homeschool to public school, homeschooling is a better alternative for many students. Students enrolled in public school often face situations that can affect their life emotionally, physically, and socially. Throughout the year, students build relationships with teachers and their peers. According to Bridget N. Watts...
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...Homeschool Vs. Public School There have been a lot of questions raised whether homeschooling or public schooling is more beneficial for our future generations. There are three popular ways to gain an education, public school, private school and home school. In the past decade homeschooling has grown in America much more than we could estimate, 1.5 million students are now learning at home, that’s a 75% increase from 1999, Parents have become more unsatisfied by the public schooling systems and its effects on their children concerned that their children could be exposed to violence, bullying or even drugs. But the question is, is homeschooling really better than public schooling? Could homeschooling advantages out ways it’s the possibility of affecting children’s social abilities? Could our future generations cease to use the public schooling systems and still succeed in their professional life? What is Homeschooling and how fast is it growing? Homeschooling is defined simply as the "education of school-aged children at home rather than at a school. Homeschools, according to those who have observed or created them, are as diverse as the individuals who choose that educational method. Each year, at least 100,000 students graduate from homeschooling in the United States. The United States government and homeschool advocates agree that homeschooling has been growing at around 7% per annum for the past decade, it is not surprising that homeschooling is gaining...
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...Cassie Jian Davis Honors English – 7th 30 April 2010 The Pros and…Well, More Pros of Homeschooling The pros and cons of homeschooling a child have long been debated by the leading experts and specialists. In the eyes of many, growing up and learning in a private, secluded environment is socially and academically unfavorable for children. Since the practice first started, questions have always been asked: does it really help at all? The answer to that question is yes. With the number of homeschooled children increasing every year, it’s obvious that being raised in and exposed to the homeschooled environment gives children many advantages over those that are public schooled. Making friends and meeting new people has always been a necessity in life; interacting with others is vital to being able to survive. Homeschooled children are stereotyped to be secluded from other children; critics argue that a homeschooled child will not be able to function properly in society if they are not exposed to other children early on (Jenkins). They are assumed to be socially awkward, and therefore deemed not able to function as well as children that have been public-schooled. Linda Dobson, author of many books centered on the topic of homeschooling, says that many confuse “socializing [-] talking and playing with other kids,” and “socialization [-] learning the proper rules of behavior for a culture” (Dobson 79). Neither of these matters are required to take place at a school environment...
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...Benefits and disadvantages of home schooling vs public schools Chancia Tokyo international University Academic composition I Those past years we have a lot of children or teenager who can decide where they want to study. They can study in a class surrounded by other students or at home, alone. Public school presents a lot of opportunity for teenagers to be social with other students, do some extracurricular activities and go outside to hang out with their friends. Also, as I mentioned before it is not the only one, there is homeschooling. By being homeschooled, students gain the same education as what the public schools students study. Thus, they can study whatever they want. It only depends on the environment and the academic contents that the parents or teenagers are using, to teach them or themselves. So what is best for the education of our children? Both of them are mainly good, the only thing that we need to do is it to give, children’s, the best education. To begin with, we all know that parents want the best for their children’s, which is not bad and apparently from an article written by Shaw I., homeschooling are getting more famous each year. The growth rate is of 15 percent. So those who are considering letting their children study at home you should be aware of those benefits. From an article written by Richardson H. in “Children should be allowed to get bored, expert says”, said that by letting our children get bored will lead them to developing a good...
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...Homeschool VS Public School Shawn Banks University of Composition and Communication COM/ 155 February 19, 2012 Cari Kenner The issue of homeschooling versus public education has been an ongoing debate for a very long time. The decision between the two forms of education has plagued parents for an equal amount of time as well. For some parents, the choice is easy because the options are limited by funds and availability of the parent’s time. Academic environment can be an issue for some parents. There are also several health and safety concerns that parents must face too. One of the biggest concerns that parents contend with is the overwhelming difference in the social aspect between homeschooling and public education. Granted that both can accommodate a quality education to its students, there are many differences between homeschooling and a public education. For the most part, homeschooling your children are reasonably inexpensive. With the Internet, parents can get the curriculum for the grade level of the child for free. There are plenty of websites that offer this service. This leaves the price tag for the supplies that the child will need. If these are bought by bulk during the July/August back-to-school season, parents can save a ton of money. By doing these things the cost for homeschooling a child would be under fifty dollars per child. Public school, on the other hand, in some cases is quite different. Public schools across the country struggle...
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...It seems unfair that you were handed such a poor topic for a persuasive speech as Anit-Homeschooling surely is. It’s kind of hard to be ‘persuasive’ without facts and statistics to back up your (assigned) stance. And, unfortunately (for the sake of your assignment, at least), the only *statistics* and *facts* out there put homeschooling in a decidedly favorable light. What you *will* find are mere opinion pieces arguing against homeschooling. However, keep in mind these articles provide no substantiating evidence to support their “anti-homeschooling” stance. Such articles, unfortunately (for your assignment, at least), are based on mere myths--some of which have been expressed right HERE by some of your responders. To wit: A) quote:“Home schooled people [will] be passed over for someone that has been through a school that has testing standards as well as requirments (sic) and guidlines (sic) for the teachers them selves.” Wrong. Homeschooled students consistently outperform public school students on standardized tests. [http://www.academicleadership.org/empric... and elsewhere] Moreover, it is no secret that our public schools are failing and that we are far behind other industrialized nations in academic achievement. See: Public High Schools Failing: Colleges Now Spend Billions On Remedial Classes For Freshmen http://www.syracuse.com/news/index.ssf/2... http://article.nationalreview.com/?q=YmJ... What’s Wrong With Our Schools http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/04/09/time...
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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, then...
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...Com/155 June 14, 2012 Home Schooling vs. Traditional Schooling In today’s changing society, parents may often ponder over the best choice for their children’s educational needs. Today’s technological age provides choices for parents regarding the type of school that their children will attend. They have the choice of sending their children to traditional school or teaching them at home, commonly referred to as home schooling, which is often conducted by use of a personal computer in the home. Home schooling provides a more direct approach of educating today’s youth when compared to public schools. Alternatively, public school offers children a greater chance of enhancing their social development and skills. There are many advantages of parent’s home schooling their children. These advantages include individual bonding time with the children, security of knowing that their children are learning, and more access to monitoring their children’s academic progress. Another added benefit of schooling involves modification of the curriculum to accommodate each student’s ability. Within the home school curriculum, a parent has the freedom to filter out subjects that they do not want their children to learn. According to (Kunzman) there has been an increase of 74% in homeschool attendance between the years of 1999 to 2007. It was also noted that this growth is twelve times that of public school attendance. Some disadvantage of homeschooling may include the need for a parent to...
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