Homeschool:Where is it going wrong Essay

Submitted By ll3034
Words: 2499
Pages: 10
Open Document
Homeschooling: Where is it going wrong? Homeschooling, is it becoming the future of our education system? Is it better or worse for the students who are homeschool? Does there need to be more or less regulations on the home school system? Homeschooling is becoming a major educational system in the United States and many parents are starting to resort to homeschooling because of the lack of attention given to their child or they are wanting to incorporate religion into their curriculum. I believe that there is nothing wrong with homeschooling your child, but the parents need to be more qualified, school district needs to regulate the curriculum, and laws need to be stricter. Something that really needs to be taken into effect when allowing parents to homeschool is the parent’s level of education. Many of the parents that are homeschool their children only have a high school education and are not really fit to be able to teach curriculum past a certain grade. Anyone can provide home-school education no-matter their own level of education (Verges). Allowing people to homeschool their children without proper education would be like having a teacher with no college education teaching at a public school. There is no way to find out if the parents that are not qualified are teaching the curriculum right. A Northern State University survey of 69 homeschool parents in the state last year found only 16 were certified teachers (Verges). That is 53 parents that homeschool their children do not have a teaching degree. That number doesn’t tell us how many students are being in properly taught by un-qualified parents. Out of South Dakota’s six neighboring states, only North Dakota has any minimum education requirements for home school teachers. In North Dakota’s case a high school diploma or GED is required (Verges). This may not be a teaching degree, but it is better than allowing parents that couldn’t even graduate high school themselves to be teaching their children. During North Dakota’s last legislature meeting the state official tried to raise the required education for home school teacher to a bachelor’s degree, but it failed to pass (Verges). This may seem wrong to many people but allowing under educated people to teach the future of our country is also wrong. If parents are allowed to homeschool without any education, why do teachers need to go to school anyway? Should we start allowing anyone to teach regardless of their education? There are also many disputes over the curriculum that home school students receive. In most states the only curriculum that they are required to teach are math and language arts. In most cases parents don’t have to show the local school board there curriculum (Verges). Only requiring students to learn math and English is not properly educating students by any means. If that is all that they are required to teach what are they doing for the rest of the day? Where are their science, history, and government classes that public school children are learning? Out of the six neighboring states everyone expects parents to teach more than math and language arts. Only two of them require the parents to submit their curriculum and lesson plans to the regulators (Verges). The two states that require submitted curriculum and lesson plans are on the right track, they are making sure that the children are getting proper education. The other four states are only expecting them to be taught more, but who know how many of the students are learning more than just them two subjects. According to Bonni Boschee, a Northern State Assistant Professor found that 45 percent of home school parents follow curriculum standards, but most were using California tests. However 35 percent felt that there child would not be challenged in a public school environment (Verges). This number should be at 100 percent. It should be required that if you are going to home school that you follow the curriculum standards. By not following
Show More

Related Documents: Homeschool:Where is it going wrong Essay

Homeschooling Flaws

Homeschooling's blatant flaws As a result of many parent's frustration with the public school system, many parents make the decision to take schooling into their own hands. According to the HSLDA (Homeschool legal defense association) There's a little over two million homeschoolers in the united states every year. The specific reasons for homeschooling vary from parents to parent, some think their child will learn better at home, without the distractions of a public school. Others are helicopter…

Words 1380 - Pages 6

Before We Were Free Analysis

Women make up over half of the world's’ population. Not only are females more of the population, but they also make the population. There is a lot of work that goes into being a girl, though many of those go unnoticed. Generally, women do not get enough gratitude for everything they do. Girls can become strong and powerful if they have the right mindset and role models. High school students should read novels with a strong female lead to encourage and empower women. High school students will learn…

Words 1552 - Pages 7

Research Paper On Selena Quintanilla

hired Yolanda to manage the Selena fan club. During the first two years, Yolanda was very busy and doing very well with the business she managed. Selena would reward her for being so good to her. She had put her in charge of her new shop, Selena Etc., where clothes and jewelry were sold. The downfall was that Yolanda didn’t get along with the other employees who worked there. People had said that she was very mean towards them and that she was protective of Selena and wouldn’t let anyone talk or near…

Words 2022 - Pages 9

History: Mike Tyson Biography Essay examples

Mike Tyson Case Study Nie-shia Randolph Colorado Technical University Online Mike Tyson Case Study Michael Gerard Tyson was born on June 30, 1966 in Brooklyn, New York to parents Jimmy Kirkpatrick and Lorna Tyson. When Mike was two years old his father left his family, leaving his mother to take care of him and his two siblings Rodney and Denise. Struggling to stay afloat Tyson’s mother moved her family to Brownsville, a section in Brooklyn (Mike Tyson biography, 1996-2013)…

Words 2529 - Pages 11

Tutorial Final Portfolio Essay

realize that I am not always the most reliable source of critique for myself. Grinnell has introduced me to a whole new side of learning: discussions. I still having things to say during discussion, but my skills have improved throughout the semester. Going hand in hand with reading, I need to work on my ability of thinking outside of the text while reading in order to have something to bring to the discussion. I think this skill will improve with practice. Fortunately, discussion is something that I…

Words 9254 - Pages 38