Why homeschooling in the U.S. is a problem

[Jeff Wrangler]

If you're asking me as an admin, I'd be happy to, but if you're asking as a fellow poster, I'm afraid I'm not a fan of homeschooling at all.  Currently it's unregulated and the people who teach are not certified to teach.  Why do teachers in public schools get held to a standard that people who keep their kids home to teach don't?  Don't all children deserve the same kind of education?

Not that certification guarantees anything with regard to quality of education.

[serious crayons]

Not that certification guarantees anything with regard to quality of education.

Aren't homeschooled kids required to meet certain standards? So the quality of the education would be determined by the outcome rather than the input.

[Jeff Wrangler]

Aren't homeschooled kids required to meet certain standards? So the quality of the education would be determined by the outcome rather than the input.

I guess that's the question. If they are required to meet certain standards, then homeschooling must be regulated in some way, yet Del insists it isn't regulated. I think it's been discussed elsewhere that the law might vary from state to state.

[Ellemeno]

If you're asking me as an admin, I'd be happy to, but if you're asking as a fellow poster, I'm afraid I'm not a fan of homeschooling at all.  Currently it's unregulated and the people who teach are not certified to teach.  Why do teachers in public schools get held to a standard that people who keep their kids home to teach don't?  Don't all children deserve the same kind of education?

I'm asking you as a fellow human who doesn't like biased, inaccurate generalizations about her life choices.

My understanding is that each state has its own laws about homeschooling.  In my state, children are required to be assessed yearly.  

[Ellemeno]

How is that going to happen when they never leave their home environment?

I loved my parents. but it frightens me to think of what I would have grown up believing if they had been my sole teachers as well.

Clyde, are you skipping over my posts unread?

[Clyde-B]

Clyde, are you skipping over my posts unread?

No.

[David In Indy]

I would have gladly been homeschooled to keep from going to that hell hole excuse of a school on a daily basis for 12 long years. Although I doubt my parents would have agreed to it. I don't think they even had home schooling when I was a kid. If they did, nobody ever told me about it.

[Ellemeno]

No.

I got that sense because of your description of homeschoolers staying home all the time with just their parents.  I don't know any homeschooling families who do that.  But I will say that most homechooling families do spend a lot more time with their parents than kids in school get to.

[serious crayons]

Oddly enough, this morning my 15-year-old's Spanish teacher suggested I homeschool him because of his behavioral issues in class. Particularly ironic coming from him, since I don't speak Spanish. The teacher is an idiot. Unfortunately, some teachers are, which I guess would be another good reason for homeschooling.

BTW, for the record, my son would definitely be one of those kids acting out at the museum, and he's not homeschooled.

[Jeff Wrangler]

Oddly enough, this morning my 15-year-old's Spanish teacher suggested I homeschool him because of his behavioral issues in class. Particularly ironic coming from him, since I don't speak Spanish. The teacher is an idiot. Unfortunately, some teachers are, which I guess would be another good reason for homeschooling.

A good example of why I said teaching certification doesn't guarantee anything.