Home School Versus Public

Home schooled children are more advanced than children attending public schools.

There are advantages to home schooling that can not be offered by public schools. The purpose of this paper is to bring awareness to some of the areas in which the statement , "Home-schooled" children are more advanced than children attending public schools, are supportive. Interest in this topic mainly are generated due to the decline in the public school system. As a parent of a current ninth grader I am saddend by the issues that children have to deal with in order to receive public education. Home schooling is defined as, ‘an education that is provided outside a ‘normal' school environment’. This type of education has undergone numerous debates, raising questions as to whether or not it is an effective educational program. Many people are equally divided between the pros and the cons, with people arguing that home schooling offers many benefits for children and others arguing that it affects children’s social skills and education. If the opportunity arose home schooling is an option I would consider home schooling for my current student.

Acamdemic Schedule

Home school students learning environments are more structured for the individual student. This is a comfortability level that can not be offered in public school. One of the pros of home schooling is its controlled environment. More personalized attention allows the student to focus on the core subjects, reading and writing. Children that are taught at home tend to have stronger relationships with their parent/parents. At home also, the curriculum can be geared to fit the individuals need. The child can spend more time on what they need help in the most and this leaves more time for "hands-on" activities for the children to learn by. All in all, the children have more time to spend, at home, building relationships with their family. Parents believe that home schooling is a way for them to control their...