There are many other options for education other than public schools. One of the most popular alternatives to public school is the private school followed by charter and magnet schools. These schools are better than public schools because they have a safer environment and they give the child a better education. The environment is better because of the emphasis on discipline. "Private School Review’ states that as a condition of enrollment, private schools require incoming students to show they 've read and understood the conduct code. The actual method of discipline depends on the contract terms, although many private schools impose zero-tolerance policies for such major behavioral offenses as cheating, stealing or substance abuse. Flouting …show more content…
The average private school mean mathematics score was 12.3 points higher than the average public school mean mathematics score (Braun, H., Jenkins, F., and Grigg, W).” Private schools are more disciplined and have higher standards than public schools, which lead to better-educated young citizens. Even though these schools have their advantages they still aren’t ideal. By far the best and most efficient alternative to public school is homeschooling. One of the biggest challenges of homeschooling is for the parent to stay active and involved. If you do not care enough or don’t have the time to invest in their child’s education, then homeschooling is not for you. However, if you do have the time and care, homeschooling gives great environment, freedom, family time, and a high academic achievement rate. Homeschooling has existed since the creation of man. One of the oldest known cases of homeschooling is Alexander the Great around 350 BC (When Did Homeschooling Start). Also, nine of our presidents (George Washington, …show more content…
Homeschooling, however, wonderfully prepares children for the future and teaches them to enjoy learning. In a survey conducted by Dr. Gary Knowles, a University of Michigan Assistant Professor of Education, he interviewed more than 50 adults who had been homeschooled as children. “He found that nearly two-thirds of the adults he surveyed who had been homeschooled owned businesses. Socially, 2/3 of the adults surveyed were married, and none were unemployed or on welfare. Also, more than 75% felt homeschooling had helped them learn to interact with others as an adult.” If you want to prepare your child well for life, then you should consider homeschooling or if you can 't do that then at least consider enrolling them in private or charter
Parents withdraw children from school for concerns that are not being managed to their satisfaction. Bullying manifest, basic skills being reinforced poorly, and no one on one interaction, consequently, dissatisfaction within the public school system exists. Under those circumstances, homeschooling in some cases is necessary. Children who are homeschooled apprehend various social settings, maintain the offbeat school scheduling, and acquire knowledge from diverse sources other than teachers, while still maintaining a sturdy set of skills.
Home schooling provides a different look on today’s educational system. Although I would support that every American child should receive at least two years of public school before graduating from high school. Homeschooling is becoming more popular every day, with a growth rate of 7 to 15 percent per year according to Vicki Bentley HSLDA Toddlers to Tweens Coordinator. There are many aspects of homeschooling that someone should consider, financial commitment, social interaction, physical exercise, the commitment parents have, and how it affects the student going to college. I personally have been on both sides of this issue. I have been homeschooled and I have been to public school. Student should have
With that said, in the article, “Don’t Let the School Choose You: Pros and Cons” one guy said, “These students frequently outperform their public school counterparts on the SATs and state standardized tests by about 20 percentage points. These students continue excelling into college and beyond with an average college GPA of 3.46 as compared to 3.16 held by their counterparts (Carter, 2015).” So in this situations homeschooling is better than traditional school but you have to think there are a lot less homeschoolers in college verses kids in public school, so this is may be the reason why they have better numbers. What would the numbers look like if we compared only the top 10% of students from homeschooling and the top 10% of students from public schools? One would think that the numbers would look a lot different. People try to make the numbers look good to prove a point, but I think it would be different if you compared the numbers this way. Most kids go to College and forget why they’re
Parents are able to assess their kids’ strength, weaknesses, learning styles and interests. Homeschooling allows parents to customize their children 's education to maximize learning, strengthen weaknesses and allow focus on special areas of interest or giftedness. This makes kids highly motivated to learn, and thus results in kids developing a love for learning (Benefits of Homeschooling: How it can make kids smarter.) Homeschooling a child can increase the likelihood that they will advance in reading, writing, and mathematics, as well as be able to comprehend the fundamental principles of science, history, art, and geography. When homeschooling, parents can customize the type of work the child does, and can decide what curriculum the child works out of. Customizing what the child learns in a friendly, healthy environment can help the child achieve the ultimate educational
Homeschool students outrank their public school peers in almost all areas. Their ability to dress respectfully, adapt well in conversing with others in all situations, and competency in all their subjects gives them the edge needed to enter the work force at a higher level and confidence to do so. Almost all homeschoolers go on to higher education and business ownership. I think we should all look at the structure of how homeschool students are educated and implement this structure into the public school sector. The next time you go to your favorite hamburger joint ask yourself, do you want more burger joint flippers or more students educated to be the burger joint owner?
Home schooling should not be the first option to teach your children because it contributes to the lack of interaction, which leads to communication issues that are needed for children. Many opinions are often formed against the thought of a child being home schooled versus a public or private school. This subject has been argued many times in the past and even today. There are many different outlooks on this situation. Several believe that with home schooling, children are learning more than those that attend a school. They also miss out on a lot of things such as the lack of communication skills and the learning method that is used in a college setting. This was backed up by Romanowski when he that stated “Critics charge that homeschooled
Looking at the overall outcome and the management of time and money, and then looking at the possibilities of homeschooling might make you think this is the best outcome for your child. Mainly because of the flexibility of time, and the opportunity to achieve certain aspects or education at each child’s leisure. But the negative influences and exposure a child can face and the fact that your child get to receive the individualized approach. With homeschooling being available a child to receive the time and patience that they might need can greatly impact their overall outcome of the educational environment. Also a plus to homeschooling children is the parent having complete control over the content being exposed to their child. The negative things that can be shared in the “regular” school space are vastly different.
In today’s American society, quality education is important for one to succeed. Without proper education, a person will find it extremely difficult to apply for college, a job, or to pursue his or her dream. Typically when Americans think of education, public education is the first to come to mind. Public education has been around for centuries and is provided to most children throughout the United States. Due to this fact, public education has been the go to education source for years. Though, this trend is slowly changing with many parents deciding to home school their children instead. Many factors are the cause for this issue, but the common arguments arise from a certain few. For students, public school provides many opportunities ranging from social connections, school sports, and the exposure to teachers who are experts in their fields. But homeschooling is often superior because it offers additional time for students to participate in various extracurricular activities and community service, allows for more individual attention, personal character development, and it offers less exposure to discrimination that is received in the public school environment.
...l that it is a decision that a parent needs to make, based on what they feel are important standards for learning. Home schooling provides a more relaxed environment, with a one on one learning environment and a flexible schedule. It also provides a pace that is best for the child, an environment on areas children want to focus on as well as confident student who doesn¦Ðt have to deal with the feelings of others. However, it decreases the socialization of the child, less exposure to different ethnicities and a limited view of the real world. The parents probably do not have the knowledge they need to teach, there are more distractions to deal with and parents may not know how to teach. These ideas are serious to think about and only add to the controversial idea of home schooling.
According to the U.S. National Center for Educational Statistics, an estimated 1.7 million children are home-schooled in the US as of 2013. Those children are mostly overlooked and underestimated when it comes to comparing their learning experience and over all knowledge after completing high school. Often, home-schooled children are criticized for lack of a social life and limited exposure to the school environment; But according to the US Department of Education on their website, 91% of parents said they chose to home-school because of the concern of the environment of public schools. Home-schooling is superior than public school due to the smaller class sizes, personalized learning, and higher success rate.
Families who decide to homeschool their children will have to spare much of their time to watch over their children’s progress and education, which could result in reducing the family income as one of the parents must stay home to make sure that everything is prepared and done right for their kids preventing making it impossible for both parents to be employed. Homeschooling have proven that it’s better as an educational system, but it does have some negative effects on the children, homeschool parents should expose their kids to the outside world give them the space to explore and interact with the unknown, expose to other ideas beyond their own, and let them interact with other children who are not homeschooled, they also need to teach them to question all things even the family ideas and way of living.
More people need to learn about homeschooling and everything it has to offer. Parents who are homeschooling their children should encourage those who are considering homeschooling to acknowledge all of the positive aspects of homeschooling and compare them to all of the negative aspects of public or private school. Homeschooling is a wonderful form of education that has a lot to offer for a child in his or her future education. To start homeschooling is very easy, and joining a support group or starting one yourself allows you to get support from other parents who home school. Everyone wants his or her child to have an amazing educational experience, and homeschooling provides a safe, positive, and supportive environment for children to have the best possible
As a parent your responsibility is to provide the best education for your child as it is essential for their future and whole life consider home schooling is an option to give your child a personalized education according to their abilities , this option can be take since your son is about to get its first education level or can be the opposite when is already in an advanced level . nor ,kids with attention problems have benefited from homeschooling because education becomes personalized .
According to the article, written by Albert Shanker, it states, “Many people assumed that private school students outperform public school students, but private schools seldom released their test scores...the National Assessment of Educational Progress released the results of its 1990 math exam. The NAEP reported that private school students scored on average a few percentage points better than the public school students.” (Shanker 2). Comparatively private and public schools’ test scores are very similar; a few points difference on one test does not prove one school to be better than the other. Rather, more testing records need to be present for a stronger comparison to be
I think private school are better and have more advantages than public school. There are upsides and downsides for both schools. Private schools have newer facilities and other materials. The benefits of private school for the students are that they have smaller class sizes and better teacher ratios from the students. Private have a high standards for discipline and respect to one another. Seventy two percent of parents agreed to send their kids to private school, because it has greatly improved students’performance and brighter experience and achievements in there harder lessons (Maga 2). Students will also have more individual attention. Students are motivated by the teachers to help in their studies. Parents would also have more opportunities to get involved with their kid’s education and that is very good thing. Private have flexible teaching methods for the students to do better. There are many advantages for the students (Elizabeth 1). Let’s talk about disadvantages. Their goal is to offer better education without making a profit (Amy Witherbee 2). Private school charge tuitions and that sound n...