http://hallmonitor.lohudblogs.com/2008/03/07/hassling-home-schoolers/ Keeping an eye on education Fri, 25 Jul 2008 12:42:38 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=wordpress-mu-1.2.5 http://hallmonitor.lohudblogs.com/2008/03/07/hassling-home-schoolers/#comment-19612 Nicole Neroulias Tue, 11 Mar 2008 10:33:08 +0000 http://hallmonitor.lohudblogs.com/2008/03/07/hassling-home-schoolers/#comment-19612 I wrote about home-schooling in the Bay Area a few years ago. I was surprised to find that it was a viable, at times preferable, alternative to in-schooling, provided the parents were well-educated and still involved their kids in group activities, rather than home-schooling in order to isolate them from other religions, cultures, etc. One of the families I interviewed had developed a lot of interesting educational activities (easy to visit lots of museums and travel all over the world when you don't have to adhere to school schedules!) and their kids still participated in extracurriculars at the local public school, along with study and social groups with other home-schooled kids in the area. Libraries in the area had even started creating activities specifically for home-schooled kids, during the school day. Interesting stuff. Just don't get me started on how flawed any statistics reported on home schooling vs. public schooling are, though! (Hint: the type of people who can afford to and are qualified to home-school their kids are NOT representative of the average American!) I wrote about home-schooling in the Bay Area a few years ago. I was surprised to find that it was a viable, at times preferable, alternative to in-schooling, provided the parents were well-educated and still involved their kids in group activities, rather than home-schooling in order to isolate them from other religions, cultures, etc.
One of the families I interviewed had developed a lot of interesting educational activities (easy to visit lots of museums and travel all over the world when you don’t have to adhere to school schedules!) and their kids still participated in extracurriculars at the local public school, along with study and social groups with other home-schooled kids in the area. Libraries in the area had even started creating activities specifically for home-schooled kids, during the school day.
Interesting stuff. Just don’t get me started on how flawed any statistics reported on home schooling vs. public schooling are, though! (Hint: the type of people who can afford to and are qualified to home-school their kids are NOT representative of the average American!)

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