Home Schooling as an Adequate Education

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Argues that home schooling provides an adequate, if not superior alternative to public educatiion. Appeal of home schooling. Diverse characteristics. Problem of declining quality of public schools. Lack of quality education, growth of campus violence and drugs as reasons for popularity of home schooling. Cites research studies on the topic.

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"Over the last decade, home schooling has increased in popularity. According to different estimates, the number of home schooled children ranges from 500,000 to 750,000 (Lines, 1997, p. 4). Disillusioned by the inability of public schools to provide high-quality education to their children within a safe environment, parents all over the nation have taken the initiative of educating their children themselves. Home schooling refers to the education of school-aged children within a home instead of a school setting (Lines, 1993, in Lyman, 1998, p. 2). Home schools exhibit diverse characteristics, ranging from highly structured to liberal. Nonetheless, home schoolers share the basic belief that education should not be restricted to the school environment. By educating their children in their homes and communities, home schoolers believe their children will..."

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