The Pros And Cons Of Homeschooling

The diversity of laws across our nation for homeschooling runs the entire spectrum from little or no regulation, like in New Jersey, to mandatory notification of homeschooling, approval of an individual education plan and corresponding curriculum, and as well as monitoring of student progress. In my view, the liberal perspective of N.J.’s homeschooling law, refutes the title of the law, that education is ‘compulsory’, since we don’t even need to be notified that a student is being homeschooled. That being said, if we don’t know, how can we determine that it is

In writing the majority opinion, Chief Justice Roberts took note that the Tinker v. Des Moines (1969) ruling decided that students do not "shed their constitutional rights to freedom of speech or expression at the schoolhouse gate." However, the Chief Justice also relied upon the precedent set forth in Bethel v. Fraser, 478 U.S. 675, 682 (1986) which explained how "the constitutional rights of students at public school are not automatically, coextensive with the rights of adults." Additionally, the rights of students are applied "in light of the special characteristics of the school environment," according to the U.S. Supreme Court in Hazelwood School District v. Kuhlmeier, 484 U.S. 260, 266 (1988). The special circumstances in Morse v. Frederick were first that the school has a policy that specifically forbids advocating illegal drug use due to the risks it imposes on other students, and second that principal Morse was forced to decide in the moment whether or not she should act.

An important function of the Henry Bill is that it would mean more equality for homeschooled students. The public seems to understand this. In fact, recent Gallup polls focusing specifically on High School Sports in Louisiana suggest that close to 70 percent of state residents support the Henry Bill. Unfortunately, the citizens’ voices are being undermined by politics. Although this issue is not usually immersed in partisan politics, the Henry Bill has been thwarted by the partisan Committee for Equality in Education, so it has never gone before the Senate : the Henry Bill must be passed and signed into law.

In 1983, A Nation at Risk: The Imperative for Educational Reform was released. Regarded as a landmark event in American educational history, the report was scathing in its critique of America’s public education system. For many, it was proof of an already growing sentiment – America’s public education system was failing its people. In the aftermath of the report, a movement emerged. The concept of school choice, of returning the decision as to how and where a child was to be educated to the parent, burst onto the national scene. While school choice had a number of vocal supporters, a sizeable contingent arose in opposition. Over time, the topic became contentious and the battle moved to the courtroom. As lawyer Clint Bolick, a veteran of school

Following with the majority opinion on this case, the Supreme Court rules that student rights were violated. Thoroughly reviewing previous cases similar to Broker v Oakwood, the Court finds a large resemblance to a case from 1969, Tinker v Des Moines. Students at the Des Moines school district protested their

The focus of HSLDA PAC is to advance liberty through the election of pro-family, pro-homeschooling legislators at the federal level.” (Editors H. , 2017)

In 1980, homeschooling was illegal in 30 states. Later on, it was recognized as a parent's right across the country in the year 1993 (Martin, 2014). A survey was made to the respondents. They were asked if homeschooling was an acceptable means of education. As the results of Phi Delta Kappan Gallup survey, Americans have become more receptive to the idea of homeschooling. They think that homeschooling has become an alternative option to public schools because it is more socially acceptable (Moreau, 2012). In the previous related study, it was mentioned that the increase of homeschooled students had been consistent. It only shows that the acceptance of homeschooling has been broad as the years passed

Along with the progression of time and age, more and more students and their parents are expressing their dissatisfaction and vexation with the American public school system. Turning towards alternative methods ranging from private institutions, to removing their children from public schooling altogether and homeschooling instead, this leaves a multitude of people questioning, what is the problem, why is it present, and what is it stemming from? The answer is simple. The problem with America’s public school system is the inability of institutions to accurately see and meet the true needs of students.

The government requires this so that children will go to school where there is a trained teacher who is responsible for teaching the students with an approved curriculum. This is important to note because with homeschooling, a curriculum is not required. It is not mandatory for parents who home school to follow any national curriculum or create their own “mini-school” at home. Since the students are not required to follow the same program of study as public or private school, the student of home school may not get an education that is at the same level as the average schoolchild. This is escaping what mankind has built in the school system. Traditional schooling has laid out a specific curriculum to evenly educate children in all subjects and the home-schooled children taken out of this schooling process are resisting it.

The United States Supreme court shared in their assenting position in the case Ambach v. Norwick (1979) that the main goal of our public education systems is to teach our society’s common values and beliefs to the next generation, especially in regards to democratic participation (Levin, 1986). The 1954 case Brown v. Board of Education also discussed the role of education as being “the most important function of the state and local governments” (p. XX). Based on compulsory attendance laws and the amount of federal money allocated towards education demonstrate the importance in which the government puts on education. As a result it is expected that the culture’s values and responsibilities are to be instilled into the children to prepare them

Public schooling in the United States fails in providing a quality education for student in K-12. In 2015 the Program for International Student Assessment (PISA), which measures reading ability and math and science literacy among 15-year-olds in dozens of developed and developing countries, found that the United States is ranked 35th in math and 27th in science Desilver, D. (2016). The number one thing every parent wants for their children is for them to have access to the best possible education available. As a result of a low quality public education, parents are progressively looking for alternative ways of schooling. In particular, some parents have decided that homeschooling would better prepare their children in life. This paper will analyze both the pros and cons of homeschooling.

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In most countries, when a child grows of a certain age they are sent to school without any thought given to home education but, in some countries many parents consider homeschooling their children rather than sending them to schools. However, in countries like Germany, homeschooling is banned and parents do not have the right to home school their children even if they want to. Homeschooling was not always illegal in Germany. Before the 1920’s, Germany allowed homeschooling as an alternative to attending school. However, by the 1930’s, the Nazi law introduced by Adolf Hitler forbid homeschooling, and said for violating this law parents could be fined, or lose custody of their children (Martin, 2010). This law left many German parents who wanted to home educate their children with no other choice but to illegally home educate their children or migrate. The German state should consider legalizing homeschooling as a vast population of German parents wants to home school their children. Since, Germans should have a freedom of choice, homeschooling is legal in most of the European Union, and since homeschooled children score higher on standardized tests, homeschooling

For the last several decades, there has been a great return to homeschooling. Many families have seen the need to remove their children from the public education system for a variety of reasons: for religious grounds, because of a decline of morals in the public system, or to give their children an education where they are not held back from reaching their potential. When homeschooling, a child can work at their own pace – often learning 2 years or more of material in one year and allowing them to fully explore topics that interest them. Their intellectual curiosity can be fulfilled and they can be the best they can possibly be. Students in the public school system are subjected to teaching that is repetitive, biased, and falls short of academic success. In the past, students that were failing coursework, but were getting older, were pushed on to higher grades even though they were not ready for the more advanced coursework. In the 1980’s there was a great number of graduates who could not even read. How can the proponents of the public education system even make claims that to be successful today, children need to attend their institutions? Today’s formal, public educational system of schooling is not necessary because it is a system

Homeschooling, not very well known, presents a new and affordable way to educate children. “Home school is a term used to refer to the education of children by their parents or guardians in a setting other than a public or private school” (Anderman & Anderman, p. 467). It has never been a new thing; it just has not been as popular as it used to be (Lines, p. 76). With this topic meaning so much to groups for and against the right for homeschooling and what should be legalized or not, the debate still rages on from local to even national government entities. Both sides of the argument have valid points, but ultimately it is the choice of the parents. There are many types of ways to educate children and that decision is difficult for both