Home School Vs. Public School - 1125 Words

Tommy Dimitratos Professor Dolnick English 102 20 July 2015 Home School vs. Public School School traditions in the United States are changing rapidly and nowadays many parents consider home education to be a more suitable option for their children. Though homeschooling was not popular in previous decades, it is now winning supporters back. Society gives attention to the problem of necessity of home school education. Many parents question what is best for their child’s education. Though supporters of each side usually insist on obvious advantages of their chosen side, each opinion has its own pros and cons that should not be ignored. Usually, opinion on the matter differs because different factors are to be examined in order to make a†¦show more content†¦Yet, many home schooled children come from families of accountants, professors, doctors, lawyers and small- business owners. At first, homeschooling was a sort of a marginal political movement. It has evolved into a separate lifestyle of parents and children that has many supporters in the USA. However, public school systems today are in a decline, which is why many parents turn to home schooling education. The progress in school education has stagnated since 1970s and, unfortunately, existing solutions to this problem do not seem to work well. The question is whether homeschooling is a kind of solution we all need. â€Å"Oppone nts of homeschooling argue that standardized testing does not reflect the actual level of education because it influences creativity in a bad way, and, additionally, the level of education is a thing that cannot be measured due to its abstract nature† (Impact Standardized Testing?). This is definitely a good point that is based on the principles of logics. It is important to mention that performing well on different standard assessments are a kind of pressure because of the difficulty to fit the needs of every child, and that is why homeschooling works. However, the achievements of homeschooling are somehow put down by standardized testing though studies suggest that it might be a negative factor, it does not really affect homeschoolers in a