Posted on 05/18/2002 12:28:22 PM PDT by Mensch
Home schooling is a subject of great fascination, but little solid knowledge. Despite its importance, it has received less research attention than some other recent changes in the educational system, such as the growth of charter schools. It could be argued that home schooling may have a much larger impact on educational system, both in the short and long run.
This report uses the 1994 October CPS, and the National Household Education Survey of 1996 and 1999 to examine popular characterizations of the home school population. The article assembles evidence from several sources to confirm that home schooling is growing. It finds home-schooled children more likely to be middle income, white, from larger families, and from two-parent families with one parent not working.
While some authors have described a division between religiously-motivated and academically-motivated home schoolers, this research finds more support for a divide based on attitude towards regular schools.
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I read an article from Home School Legal Defense Assoc. newsletter on blacks homeschooling. Really interesting, but sad. I don't know how many of you are aware but blacks take a great deal of flack from their own race if they choose to homeschool their children. They feel that they went through a great deal of suffering to be allowed to educate their children along white folks and that blacks who choose to teach at home are letting all the black people down that fought so hard for those rights.
They're delusional! Homeschool families have already figured this out and are doing nicely indeed without the public schools assistance. They just don't get it at all. Parents pull their kids out because public schooling can't teach the basics and they think we will need them to teach them advanced courses! har!
Another gem! Let's hope that large impact will be the end of government schools.
Seems like a good solution, assuming the community colleges (higher level government schools) are prevented from accepting "underage" students. Let's hope this doesn't happen.
Seems like a good solution, assuming the community colleges (higher level government schools) are NOT prevented from accepting "underage" students. Let's hope this doesn't happen.
That's what I meant to say.
'A group that is especially likely to be home schooled consists of two-adult families with one not working (as will be shown below). In this group, 60 percent of non-enrolled children are home schooled. The regression of non-enrollment on years shows an equally large and significant coefficient for this group as it does for all school-aged children.
For those of you who were taught fuzzy math, let me figure it for ya.
That's at least 1 million home-schooled kids in each state in the union.
Why would they be needed?? A wife of a friend is involved as a tutor in the "home schooling network", and the way the "advanced topics" are covered is with assistance (either one-on-one or small groups) by specialized tutors. The parent oversees the daily lessons and drill, and the tutor covers advanced topics and "explains as needed" for the things the student appears to be having trouble with (typically one or two hours a week). In most instances, the tutors are FAR BETTER QUALIFIED in their particular area of expertise than the "education majors" teaching in public schools.
Who is better qualified to teach chemistry?? A retired chemist, or an "education major" who had two or three courses in chemistry??
Some rights.....if any group ought to ditch the system and take charge of their kids' education, it's the black people. The current school system keeps them in the four D's: Dumb, Depressed, Dependent, and Democrat.**
** Credited to the that lady who spoke at the Rally for America in D.C. several years ago; cannot remember her name...Joyce something?
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