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Homeschool vs Public School Introduction
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A recent report stated “SAT reading scores for the high school class of 2011 were the lowest on record, and combined reading and math scores fell to their lowest point since 1995.” This brings into focus the need to look more closely at how our public schools are educating our children. The report went on to say “The reading scores, which stand at 497, are noticeably lower than just...
Date: 2011-09-24 17:21:17
Related topics : home school education vs public / homeschool vs public school statistics / homeschool to public high school
Reasoning behind Homework - Home School vs. Public School
My father did this and I followed his example when my children did attend public school. In fact, it was one of the reasons we decided to home school. The English book which had numerous essays on rebelling against parents, moral issues that were objectionable, and a poem about the beauty of stoning a policeman caused me to immediately ask that the book be removed from the classroom. The school would not honor that request and we brought our children home.
I do not think all homework from the...
Date: 2011-10-24 19:04:03
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Home School vs Public School – A Few Resources
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As we start to seriously consider the state of education we also begin looking for the resources to address the issue. I have located a few free resources and will be adding to this list as time goes on.
County or City Library
These are absolutely free and you could with some imagination structure a total home school curriculum around any one of these. But let’s look at how we can be more...
Date: 2011-09-27 21:28:46
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How Much Time does it Take to Home School or Send Them to Public
How Much Time does it Take to Home School or Send Them to Public School?
Sending a student to Public School takes a time investment that we very seldom take into account.
Monitoring their eating choices for lunch.
Sitting with them while they struggle through the hours of homework that the do not understand how to do.
Taking and picking them up from school. All of those things
All of these take up valuable time for us and the student. When people look at the cost factor in keeping their...
Date: 2011-10-20 21:15:44
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How Close Should You Monitor Your Student? - Home School vs ...
Choosing how and when to monitor your student is important whether you home school or use the public school system. How trust worthy is the child both in setting academic goals and social interactions? Does your student do their school work willingly and well? When they go with friends are they always where they say they will be and not causing any problems?If you have built a level of trust and honesty with your student then they will probably maintain that level even when you are not watching...
Date: 2011-10-22 15:58:13
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How is Creativity encouraged in the Home School vs Public School?
Letting our imagination grow and learning to be creative in what we do is a major part of education. Unfortunately the public schools are stifling this very important process in the drive to improve SAT scores. A recent article I read in Salon highlights this problem. I would suggest that you take a moment and read the article.
Now, let’s look at how creativity encourages students and solidifies the concepts that they are trying to learn.Learning math can be a tear jerking experience. But...
Date: 2011-10-23 19:54:42
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Using PBS in Home School and Public School - Home School vs ...
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Is your child a visual or auditory learner? Looking for a way to spark up the interest in some subjects? Whether you are using public school education or home schooling Public Broadcasting system is a truly awesome resource. PBS offers programs in many different subjects. I watched a great one about Steven Jobs and how he expanded our horizons, visited the Nile, and learned how to cook a...
Date: 2011-11-04 20:39:58
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Learning How To Observe - Home School vs. Public School
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Learning how to observe our world is one of the real advantages of being home schooled. Hopefully the home schooled student takes an idea and examines it fully. According to Wikipedia and here I Quote
“Observation is either an activity of a living being, such as a human, consisting of receiving knowledge of the outside world through the senses, or the recording of data using scientific...
Date: 2011-11-12 21:49:43
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The Expanded Home School Student Experience
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One of the things I like best about home school is that you can expand your students studies in any way that you want to depending on where the students interests are. People ask why Home school statistics rank these students higher than public school students. It is because they do better in all of the subjects. One of the reasons is that home school students study subjects because they...
Date: 2011-12-08 22:14:58
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Teaching Tolerance In The Home School - Home School vs. Public ...
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With all of the news coverage on gang violence, bullying,and shootings in the schools it is time to educate our children about tolerance. It doesn’t matter if your child is in public school or has the benefits of being home schooled we need to impress them with the thought that we are all different. We do not all have the same hair color, eye color, skin color, religion, or capabilities...
Date: 2011-12-16 21:07:04
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