This report provides an estimate of the number of home schooled students in the U.S, characteristics of home schooled children and their families, parent's reasons for home schooling and public school support for home schooling.
- Cristina Estrada
on 2009-02-13
This is a wonderful source full of many different topics related to home schooling. Some articles that this site will lead you to are about unschooling, and the home education magazine, which has many articles about home schooling.
- Cristina Estrada
on 2009-02-12
This article discusses many misconceptions of home schooled children. For example, some people say that there is a certain type of family (extremely religious) who have their children home schooled. Also that most parents do not like spending all that time with their kids. This article also uses parents who have home schooled their children and what their opinion of home schooling is.
- Cristina Estrada
on 2009-02-12
This article discusses the benefits and pitfalls of home schooling. Some benefits discussed include how children who are ahead or behind do well in home school. Also how children who cannot sit for long periods of time also benefit from home school. Some pitfall discussed in this article include how parents can get burnt out from parenting, and some children have problems adjusting.
- Cristina Estrada
on 2009-02-12
This article discusses both the pros and cons of home schooling. Some of the pros include religious freedom, educational freedom, physical freedom and emotional freedom. Some of the cons discussed include time restraint, financial restraint, limited team sports and being with the child 24/7.
- Cristina Estrada
on 2009-02-12
This article compare public schools to homeschooling. It talks about the negative aspects of public school, like the bad influences of peers and it's highly competitive enviroment,
- Cristina Estrada
on 2009-02-12
This articles discusses a few of the negative aspects of home schooling. The author talks about the mental and social damage it does on a child. The author also gives advice to parents who are home schooling their children about involving them in sports and seeking them companionship among their peers.
- Cristina Estrada
on 2009-02-12
This article contains information about the history of home schooling, how much it has grown over the years, and what type of parents that are choosing to home school their children. This article also discusses how home schooled children do academically and socially.
- Cristina Estrada
on 2009-02-12